On 05/23/2011 09:44 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > 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 . . It is but it isn't. It is in an LDIF format, but it is not in an LDIF format suitable for importing into a directory server. > > Thanks, > > Phil. -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
