LDAP problems
 

Hi. My name is Peter. I have been trying to get my ldap server working for a week. I have read every howto / helpfile / newsgroup I can find, and although your page (http://www.grennan.com/ldap-HOWTO.html) has been the absolute most help, I am still not up and running...

Here is my slapd.conf file
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include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/rfc822-MailMember.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/autofs.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/kerberosobject.schema

pidfile //var/run/slapd.pid
argsfile //var/run/slapd.args

database ldbm
suffix "dc=caris,dc=com"
rootdn "cn=root,dc=caris,dc=com"
rootpw secret
rootpw {SSHA}ikm0rM6ESposYFzTp70WcvIUrBucZmCA
directory /usr/share/openldap/migration

index objectClass,uid,uidNumber,gidNumber,memberUid eq
#index objectClass
index cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,subinitial
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Here is my first ldif file (I have no idea what this is used for or why it is needed

dn: dc=caris,dc=com
objectClass: top
objectClass: organization
o: caris

# dn: ou=people,dc=caris,dc=com
# objectClass: top
# objectClass: organizationalUnit
# ou: people

# dn: cn=mail, ou=people,dc=caris,dc=com
# objectClass: posixgroup
# objectClass: top
# cn: mail
# userPassword: iforget
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And here is my ldif file with the data in it.

dn: cn=Peter Marshall,mail=peter.marshall@caris.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: mozillaAbPersonObsolete
givenName: Peter
sn: Marshall
cn: Peter Marshall
mail: peter.marshall@caris.com
modifytimestamp: 0Z

dn: cn=John Doe,mail=hello@hotmail.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: mozillaAbPersonObsolete
givenName: John
sn: Doe
cn: John Doe
mail: hello@hotmail.com
modifytimestamp: 0Z
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If you can help me out at all, I would be most appriciative.

When I run service ldap start The service starts fine

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When I run

ldapadd -a -W -x -D "cn=root,dc=caris,dc=com" -f base.ldif

I get
adding new entry "dc=caris,dc=com"
ldap_add: Operations error
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If I try
ldapadd -a -W -x -D "cn=root,dc=caris,dc=com" -f whatever
I get
adding new entry "cn=Peter Marshall,mail=peter.marshall@caris.com"
ldap_add: No such object
ldif_record() = 32



Very sorry to bother you, and thank you for looking at this

Peter Marshall