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adding organizationalUnit

From: Michael E. <men...@ka...> - 2003-05-14 17:56:29

Hi

Is it possible to add an ou to a directory using python-ldap

I'm trying to add something like this to my directory (this LDIF works 
with ldapadd fine)

dn: ou=Sales,o=somecompany.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalunit
ou: Sales


When i tried doing this using the add(dn, modlist) function, it failed 
with an error saying the "dn: attribute type undefined"

Any tips would be appreciated.

THanks
Michael

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: <mi...@st...> - 2003-05-14 18:06:45

Michael Engelhart wrote:
> 
> When i tried doing this using the add(dn, modlist) function, it failed 
> with an error saying the "dn: attribute type undefined"

Are you sure that your entry data in the modlist contains the attribute used 
for RDN?

Please post the code.

Ciao, Michael.

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: Michael E. <men...@ka...> - 2003-05-14 18:20:49

No, I'm not sure. :-)
I guess my misunderstanding is that add() requests a dn.   What dn do=20
you enter for a top-level or mid-level organizationalUnit?

If have the following single entry setup in my OpenLDAP directory:

dn: o=3Dmycompany.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
o: mycompany.com


and then want to add from python-ldap this organizationUnit:

dn: ou=3DPeople,o=3Dmycompany.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalunit
ou: People


try:
	bind_dn=3D"cn=3DDirectory Manager,o=3Dmycompany.com"
	password =3D "xxxxxxxxx"
	l =3D LDAPWrapper(bind_dn,password)
	dnToAddTo =3D "o=3Dmycompany.com"
	modlist =3D []
	modlist.append(('dn','ou=3DPeople,o=3Dmycompany.com'))
	modlist.append(('objectclass',['top','organizationalunit']))
	modlist.append(('ou','People'))
	l.add(dnToAddTo, modlist)
	l.close()
except ldap.LDAPError, e:
	print e

I get this error:
{'info': 'dn: attribute type undefined', 'desc': 'Undefined attribute=20
type'}

Thanks
Michael

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 02:06  PM, Michael Str=F6der wrote:

> Are you sure that your entry data in the modlist contains the=20
> attribute used for RDN?
>
> Please post the code.
>
> Ciao, Michael.

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: Michael E. <men...@ka...> - 2003-05-14 18:55:46

BTW, the LDAPWrapper is just  simple wrapper class that I wrote.

The add method looks like this:
def add(self, dn, modlist):
	# synchronous add
	try:
		self.server.add_s(dn, modlist)
	except ldap.LDAPError, e:
		raise

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 02:20  PM, Michael Engelhart wrote:

> No, I'm not sure. :-)
> I guess my misunderstanding is that add() requests a dn.   What dn do=20=

> you enter for a top-level or mid-level organizationalUnit?
>
> If have the following single entry setup in my OpenLDAP directory:
>
> dn: o=3Dmycompany.com
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: organization
> o: mycompany.com
>
>
> and then want to add from python-ldap this organizationUnit:
>
> dn: ou=3DPeople,o=3Dmycompany.com
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: organizationalunit
> ou: People
>
>
> try:
> 	bind_dn=3D"cn=3DDirectory Manager,o=3Dmycompany.com"
> 	password =3D "xxxxxxxxx"
> 	l =3D LDAPWrapper(bind_dn,password)
> 	dnToAddTo =3D "o=3Dmycompany.com"
> 	modlist =3D []
> 	modlist.append(('dn','ou=3DPeople,o=3Dmycompany.com'))
> 	modlist.append(('objectclass',['top','organizationalunit']))
> 	modlist.append(('ou','People'))
> 	l.add(dnToAddTo, modlist)
> 	l.close()
> except ldap.LDAPError, e:
> 	print e
>
> I get this error:
> {'info': 'dn: attribute type undefined', 'desc': 'Undefined attribute=20=

> type'}
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
> On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 02:06  PM, Michael Str=F6der wrote:
>
>> Are you sure that your entry data in the modlist contains the=20
>> attribute used for RDN?
>>
>> Please post the code.
>>
>> Ciao, Michael.
>

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: <mi...@st...> - 2003-05-15 06:51:23

Michael Engelhart wrote:
 > BTW, the LDAPWrapper is just  simple wrapper class that I wrote.
 >
 > The add method looks like this:
 > def add(self, dn, modlist):
 >     # synchronous add
 >     try:
 >         self.server.add_s(dn, modlist)
 >     except ldap.LDAPError, e:
 >         raise

And what's the rationale for that? Well, it's up to you...

Ciao, Michael.

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: Michael E. <men...@ka...> - 2003-05-15 13:48:55

To encapsulate the application specific ldap functionality into a=20
single class as well as wrapping the basic add, modify, search,  and=20
delete functionality.

Obviously the add, modify and delete methods don't do anything really=20
more than what calling ldap directly does.

Just makes my code tidier and easier to manage.

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 02:51  AM, Michael Str=F6der wrote:

> Michael Engelhart wrote:
> > BTW, the LDAPWrapper is just  simple wrapper class that I wrote.
> >
> > The add method looks like this:
> > def add(self, dn, modlist):
> >     # synchronous add
> >     try:
> >         self.server.add_s(dn, modlist)
> >     except ldap.LDAPError, e:
> >         raise
>
> And what's the rationale for that? Well, it's up to you...
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>
>
>
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Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: <mi...@st...> - 2003-05-15 06:51:24

Michael Engelhart wrote:
 > I guess my misunderstanding is that add() requests a dn.

The dn is the complete DN of the new entry
=> you have to form a new RDN and concatenate this with a base DN of an 
existing entry.

 >     modlist.append(('dn','ou=People,o=mycompany.com'))

Not needed and probably not allowed.

 >     l.add(dnToAddTo, modlist)

l.add('ou=People,o=mycompany.com', modlist)

 > I get this error:
 > {'info': 'dn: attribute type undefined', 'desc': 'Undefined attribute
 > type'}

Now it's clearer: The attribute type 'dn' is not existent in schema (and not 
needed as already stated above).

Ciao, Michael.

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: Michael E. <men...@ka...> - 2003-05-15 13:44:46

Thanks.  So there's no way to dynamically create organzitaionalUnits=20
into an existing schema using python-ldap.

I have to manually add a dn before I can add entries to it.   Is that=20
correct?

Thanks
MIke
On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 02:49  AM, Michael Str=F6der wrote:

> Michael Engelhart wrote:
> > I guess my misunderstanding is that add() requests a dn.
>
> The dn is the complete DN of the new entry
> =3D> you have to form a new RDN and concatenate this with a base DN of=20=

> an existing entry.
>
> >     modlist.append(('dn','ou=3DPeople,o=3Dmycompany.com'))
>
> Not needed and probably not allowed.
>
> >     l.add(dnToAddTo, modlist)
>
> l.add('ou=3DPeople,o=3Dmycompany.com', modlist)
>
> > I get this error:
> > {'info': 'dn: attribute type undefined', 'desc': 'Undefined =
attribute
> > type'}
>
> Now it's clearer: The attribute type 'dn' is not existent in schema=20
> (and not needed as already stated above).
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>
>
>
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Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: <mi...@st...> - 2003-05-15 15:00:18

Michael Engelhart wrote:
> So there's no way to dynamically create organzitaionalUnits 
> into an existing schema using python-ldap.

Off course you can dynamically create entries of object class 
organizationalUnit.

> I have to manually add a dn before I can add entries to it.   Is that 
> correct?

Please make sure to fully understand the LDAP data model before start 
coding: entries, attributes, naming, schema, etc. A good book might be of 
great help.

Ciao, Michael.

Re: adding organizationalUnit

From: Tjabo K. <t.k...@bi...> - 2003-05-21 07:24:07

Am Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2003 15:44 schrieb Michael Engelhart:
> Thanks.  So there's no way to dynamically create organzitaionalUnits
> into an existing schema using python-ldap.

what?
I don't believe this. Have been on vacancy for some days. gonna have a look at 
it...