Hi, it's the generalized time syntax (RFC4517) validation problem. You need either to add "Z" at the end (to make it GMT, e.g. 19550724000000Z ) or to precise the time zone ( 19550724000000-0500 ) . Bye, 2010/2/17 serge sterck <serge.sterck@xxxxxxxxx>: > > I have just one problem left that prevent me to migrate from ibm tivoli to > 389 ldap. The format of the birthdate > i have generated a date AAAAMMJJHHMMSS with this format but 389 still refuse > to add it must i encode this > also in base64 to be able to use this format ? i have used this trick to add > a space value to a attribute > the syntax of birthdate is generralizetime > > #!ERROR [LDAP: error code 21 - birthdate: value #0 invalid per syntax ] > dn: uid=f704,ou=users,dc=fmsb,dc=be > objectClass: FMSBPerson > objectClass: posixAccount > objectClass: extensibleObject > objectClass: top > objectClass: ePerson > applicationprofile: RemoteHomeDirectoryModel=Fedora-Core-6 > applicationprofile: X3270Profile=sessions:{a,b,c,d,e};a:{keyboard=encodage|c > odering(mouse),host=fmsbo390.fmsb.be,type=CICS};b:{keyboard=encodage|coderi > ng(mouse),host=fmsbo390.fmsb.be,type=CICS};c:{keyboard=encodage|codering(mo > use),host=fmsbo390.fmsb.be,type=CICS};d:{keyboard=encodage|codering(mouse), > host=fmsbo390.fmsb.be,type=CICS};e:{keyboard=encodage|codering(mouse),host= > fmsbo390.fmsb.be,type=EOS} > applicationprofile: internet=,ctx > birthdate: 19550724000000 > cn:: SmVhbi1NYXJpZSBHcsOpZ29pcmU= > description:: SmVhbiBNYXJpZSBHcsOpZ29pcmU= > employeenumber: 0704 > firstname: Jean-Marie > gidnumber: 501 > homeDirectory: /home/f704 > lastname:: R3LDqWdvaXJl > loginShell: /bin/bash > mail: mailareencoder@xxxxxxx > o: 306000 > preferredLanguage: FR > telephonenumber: 9806 > uid: f704 > uidNumber: 1704 > userPassword:: ZGViaQ== > > -- > Serge Sterck > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users > -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users