tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23331884086960247162012-02-16T20:34:38.084-08:00Tejas Lagadnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333188408696024716.post-70976408602741916422007-04-05T01:36:00.000-07:002007-04-05T03:11:50.655-07:00<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Most of us who have downloaded and installed OpenLdap face this issue. When </span><em style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">ldapadd</em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is used to add entries to the LDAP directory thru an LDIF file, we get the following error</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier;">adding new entry "dc=&lt;MYDOMAIN</span><span style="font-family:courier;">&gt;</span><span style="font-family:courier;"><my-domain><mydomain>,dc=</mydomain></my-domain></span><span style="font-family:courier;">&lt;</span><span style="font-family:courier;"><my-domain><mydomain>COM</mydomain></my-domain></span><span style="font-family:courier;">&gt;</span><span style="font-family:courier;"><my-domain><mydomain><com><com> "</com></com></mydomain></my-domain></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier;font-size:100%;" >ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21)<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier;"> additional info: objectclass: value #0 invalid per syntax</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The root cause is that the sample LDIF file that accompanies the OpenLdap install has an extra space at the end of the objectclass syntax. Note the space after </span><span style="font-family:courier;">dc=<com></com><com></com></span><span style="font-family:courier;">&lt;COM</span><span style="font-family:courier;">&gt;</span><span style="font-family:courier;"><com>.</com></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Trim the trailing space and the error is resolved.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2333188408696024716-7097640860274191642?l=troubleshuter.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tejas Lagadnoreply@blogger.com2