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On 03/26/2012 04:21 PM, stefano wrote:

hi, i was modifying uidNumber attribute of a user but then has been standing for a few minutes and I stopped it: root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' Enter LDAP Password: dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi changetype: modify replace: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

modifying entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi"

It has successfully performed the modification and was waiting for more input, a Ctrl-D would have sufficed.

. . . ctrl+c

then with an ldapsearch for this user there was not the uidNumber attribute:

dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi uid: stefano

[...]

userPassword:: e1NTSEF9b2pNOG1UT3NrT2ZVaDVyd1pUWUpSeWg3YXNxc1lXSHo= uidNumber: 1001

The uidnumber is right above, as the last line of the entry.

trying to add it

root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' Enter LDAP Password: dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi changetype: add add: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

adding new entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi" ldap_add: Undefined attribute type (17) additional info: add: attribute type undefined

you can see the error message what is wrong?

Please read on the ldif format, either RFC 2849 or at least man 5 ldif. With the above ldif you were trying to add an entry with attribute "add".

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On Monday, 26 March 2012 16:21:17 stefano wrote:

hi, i was modifying uidNumber attribute of a user but then has been standing for a few minutes and I stopped it:

root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' Enter LDAP Password: dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi changetype: modify replace: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

modifying entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi" . .

It was waiting for more input ....

. ctrl+c

CTRL-D is technically the right input here to let this ldapmodify complete.

then with an ldapsearch for this user there was not the uidNumber attribute:

It seems to be here:

dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi

[...

uidNumber: 1001

I note of course, that if you are using standard schema, it is impossible to have the posixAccount objectClass without a uidNumber attribute.

trying to add it

root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' Enter LDAP Password: dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi changetype: add add: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

adding new entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi" ldap_add: Undefined attribute type (17) additional info: add: attribute type undefined

you can see the error message what is wrong?

Your LDIF is incorrect, you asked for a changetype of 'add' (the equivalent of calling ldapadd instead of ldapmodify). This would have been correct if you had no existing uidNumber attribute:

dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi add: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

At least it should have given you a better error message (that the attribute already exists).

Regards, Buchan

Hi ,

You mention that "then with an ldapsearch for this user there was not the uidNumber attribute:" . Isn't the attribute and its value listed here "uidNumber: 1001" . You will get ": Undefined attribute type (17)" if you try to add it to an entry that already has this attribute value populated.

Not sure why your ldapmodify is hanging though.

Simon.

From: openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of stefano Sent: 26 March 2012 15:21 To: openldap-technical@openldap.org Subject: can't modify or add uidNumber attribute

hi, i was modifying uidNumber attribute of a user but then has been standing for a few minutes and I stopped it:

root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' Enter LDAP Password: dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi changetype: modify replace: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

modifying entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi" . . . ctrl+c

then with an ldapsearch for this user there was not the uidNumber attribute:

dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi uid: stefano cn: Stefano Malini sn: Malini gidNumber: 1000 homeDirectory: /home/Admins/stefano mail: stefano.malini@gmail.com objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: top objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: shadowAccount userPassword:: e1NTSEF9b2pNOG1UT3NrT2ZVaDVyd1pUWUpSeWg3YXNxc1lXSHo= uidNumber: 1001

trying to add it

root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' Enter LDAP Password: dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi changetype: add add: uidNumber uidNumber: 1001

adding new entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi" ldap_add: Undefined attribute type (17) additional info: add: attribute type undefined

you can see the error message what is wrong?

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