ken wrote: > ldapmodify to add OU failed, and led to "ldap_search: Operations error" > > I set up a directory and am feeling my way towards making it live by > doing one thing at a time. I successfully added quite a large number > of users using ldapmodify, and could retrieve them with ldapsearch and > db2ldif. > > Then I tried to add some new OUs in order to copy a subset of the OU > hierarchy we have on Windows. But when I ran the ldapmodify it failed. > > From that moment on, every ldapsearch I tried resulted in: > ldap_search: Operations error > > I stopped and restarted the ldap daemon and now every search I try > produces: > ldap_search: No such object > > The database looks as if it is empty > > What did I do wrong? Can a botched modify so easily wipe out what is > already there? Or are they secretly hiding somewhere? Is there a > utility that can show me what is actually in the database even if I > don't know what its root name is? (I thought db2ldif might do that and > it shows nothing now) > > I know I can wipe this database entirely (it looks like I already > have!) and re-install. BUT I want to know what I did wrong so I don't > do it again. The LDIFs to be imported into the directory will come > from a program I wrote (it gathers information from various sources > such as an SQL database, WAD, /etc/passwd...) and I really don't want > to risk repeating my mistake in batch runs at 2am after we've gone > live and coming in to find no-one can use the directory. > > > Any clues? > > Examples of what I did: > > Command used to import LDIF to define an OU > > ======================== > ldapmodify -a -B "dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk" -D "cn=directory manager" -w > [PWD] Why are you using the -B option here? In mozldap ldapmodify, -B means "bulk online import" which means 1) wipe out the database 2) use the database import code to import the given LDIF > ======================== > > the LDIF that was used: > > ======================== > dn: ou=students,ou=people,dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk > objectClass: top > objectClass: organizationalunit > ou: students > ======================== > > Error log from ldapmodify: > > ========================================== > [09/Jun/2008:19:54:47 +0100] - WARNING: Import is running with > nsslapd-db-private-import-mem on; No other process is allowed to > access the database > [09/Jun/2008:19:54:47 +0100] - Bulk import: begin import on > 'dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk'. > [09/Jun/2008:19:54:56 +0100] - import userRoot: WARNING: Skipping > entry "ou=students,ou=people,dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk" which has no parent, > ending at line 0 of file "(bulk import)" > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - import userRoot: Workers finished; > cleaning up... > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - import userRoot: Workers cleaned up. > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - import userRoot: Indexing complete. > Post-processing... > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - Nothing to do to build ancestorid index > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - import userRoot: Flushing caches... > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - import userRoot: Closing files... > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - import userRoot: Import complete. > Processed 1 entries (1 were skipped) in 18 seconds. (0.06 entries/sec) > [09/Jun/2008:19:55:05 +0100] - Bulk import completed successfully. > ========================================== > > There was no error message on the screen, but the log says the object > "has no parent". Though as far as I can tell it has the same parent as > the user entries I added successfully, such as: > > ======================== > # ldapsearch -b 'dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk' -D "cn=directory manager" -w > [PWD] '(objectclass=person)' > version: 1 > dn: cn=xlean99,ou=people,dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk > cn: xlean99 > description: A mythical person to test LDAP with > objectClass: person > objectClass: top > sn: Lean > ======================== > > Which was in there but is no longer. > > But now I see things like: > > ======================== > [ken@~]$ /usr/lib/mozldap/ldapsearch -b 'dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk' -D > "cn=uxxxxxx" '(cn=uxxxxxx)' > ldap_search: No such object > > [ken@~]$ ldapsearch -b 'dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk' -D "cn=directory manager" > -w [PWD] '(objectclass=person)' > ldap_search: No such object > > [ken@~]$ ldapsearch -b 'dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk' '(objectclass=*)' > ldap_search: No such object > ======================== > > And most worryingly of all: > > ======================== > [ken@~]$ ldapsearch -b "" -s base -D "cn=directory manager" -w [PWD] > '(objectclass=*)' namingContext > version: 1 > dn: > [ken@~]$ > ======================== > > :-( > > It's not a permissions problem because this works: > > ======================== > ldapsearch -b o=netscaperoot "objectclass=*" cn > ======================== > > This also still works: > > ======================== > []# /usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-ldap1/db2ldif -n NetscapeRoot -a > /tmp/stuff2.ldif > Exported ldif file: /tmp/stuff2.ldif > ldiffile: /tmp/stuff2.ldif > [11/Jun/2008:14:03:47 +0100] - export NetscapeRoot: Processed 95 > entries (100%). > [11/Jun/2008:14:03:47 +0100] - All database threads now stopped > ======================== > > But this produces nothing: > > ======================== > []# /usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-ldap1/db2ldif -n UserRoot -a /tmp/stuffU.ldif > Exported ldif file: /tmp/stuffU.ldif > ldiffile: /tmp/stuffU.ldif > [11/Jun/2008:14:38:23 +0100] - All database threads now stopped > []# more /tmp/stuffU.ldif > version: 1 > ======================== > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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