Re: LDIF Modify errors

[<CZa...@wi...>]

Here is the LDIF file I'm using ......

dn: CN=John Smith,OU=IT,OU=NewYork605,O=Wiley
changetype: modify
replace: telephonenumber
telephonenumber: 28792
replace: title
title: Adminr - Unix Systems/Sr
replace: ou
ou: Info-Tech E Commerce
ou: IT
replace: l
l: 4th Floor
replace: departmentnumber
departmentnumber: 9945
replace: manager
manager: Smith, Brian


                                                                                                                          
                    Chris Ridd                                                                                            
                    <chris.ridd@messagingd       To:     CZa...@wi..., per...@li...          
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                                                 Subject:     Re: LDIF Modify errors                                      
                    03/27/2002 05:52 AM                                                                                   
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          




CZa...@wi... wrote:
> Hello, can anyone help with the LDIF class.
>
> I'm am reading a ldif file and trying to place the contents into a DB,
but
> I am getting errors and the modify updates are not
> being applied to the LDAP service.
>
>
> ERROR Message:
> modifytimestamp attribute has duplicate value. VALUE:   at ldif_modify.pl
> line 20, <GEN1> chunk 1.
>
> CODE:
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use Net::LDAP qw(:all);
> use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_desc);
> use Net::LDAP::LDIF;
>
>
>         $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('server.xyz.com', port => '389') || die
> "ERROR: $@";
>         $ldif = Net::LDAP::LDIF->new("out.ldif", "r") || die "$@";
>
>
> while ( $entry = $ldif->read_entry ) {
>
>         $r = $ldap->modify( $entry );
>         if ($r->code) {
>                 warn $entry->dn,"; ",$r->error;
>         } else {
>                 printf "%s\n",ldap_error_desc($r->code);
>         }
> }
>
>

It is probably an error in your LDIF file, so it would probably help if you
could send the offending entry in your LDIF file. Note that the
modifyTimestamp attribute is only permitted using the standard schema to
contain one value (makes sense) and it is not modifiable by users.

Cheers,

Chris