-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/26/2012 04:21 PM, stefano wrote: It has successfully performed the modification and was waiting for more input, a Ctrl-D would have sufficed. [...] The uidnumber is right above, as the last line of the entry. 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". - -- Ondrej Kuznik This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you for understanding.

On Monday, 26 March 2012 16:21:17 stefano wrote: It was waiting for more input .... CTRL-D is technically the right input here to let this ldapmodify complete. It seems to be here: [... 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: > changetype: add > add: uidNumber > > 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(a)OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of stefano Sent: 26 March 2012 15:21 To: openldap-technical(a)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(a)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? This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Cable&Wireless Worldwide e-mail security system. For more information on a proactive managed e-mail secure service, visit http://www.cw.com/managed-exchange The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. It is intended only for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not named above as a recipient, you must not read, copy, disclose, forward or otherwise use the information contained in this email. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender (whose contact details are above) immediately by reply e-mail and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc Registered in England and Wales. Company Number 07029206 Registered office: Waterside House, Longshot Lane, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1XL, England