Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP

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Rich,


On 2011-05-24 00:32, Rich Megginson wrote:
> On 05/22/2011 01:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> People,
>>
>> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
>> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
>> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 DB.
>> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
>> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
>> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:
>>
>> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> objectclass: top
>> objectclass: person
>> objectclass: organizationalPerson
>> objectclass: inetOrgPerson
>> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
>> givenName: Tina
>> sn: Franks
>> cn: Tina XXXXXX
>> mozillaNickname: tinaX
>> mail: TXXXXXXX@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>>
>> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?

> No. There are some problems with the dn:
> 1) Only use 'cn' in the dn if you are absolutely sure that the cn value
> will be unique - that is, that no two people will have the same first
> and last name. Unless this is a trivial deployment, you will want to use
> something else that is usually unique, like a userid, because there is
> no way to guarantee that two people will not have the same name.
> 2) Don't use both 'cn' and 'mail' in the dn: (in fact you probably want
> to use a userid as in 1)
> 3) You need a suffix. By default, 389 creates a suffix based on your
> domain name e.g. dc=example,dc=com. The typical dn would be something
> like dn: uid=theuserid,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com


With the exception of the deleted lines (see other post) I have just 
used exactly what Thunderbird has exported - it is supposed to be an 
LDIF file . .

Thanks,

Phil.
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