Re: [webmin-l] LDAP Personal Addressbook Entries not deleted

[Murray T. <mtr...@ce...>]

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 02:26, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On 4/Apr/2006 02:02 Murray Trainer wrote ..
> > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 13:37, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > > On 4/Apr/2006 01:05 Murray Trainer wrote ..
> > > > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 12:58, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > > > > On 4/Apr/2006 00:01 Murray Trainer wrote ..
> > > > > > Hi Jamie,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I managed to sort out most of my problems with the LDAP Users and
> > Groups
> > > > > > module on SuSE 10.0 - it turned out to be NSCD issues.  I set the
> > > > > > positive and negative-time-to-live values for passwd and group
> > to zero
> > > > > > and it has fixed all the strange/intermittent errors I was getting.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The only issue I have left is that if I create a user and then
> > some
> > > > > > entries in their LDAP addressbook, the addressbook and its entries
> > > > are
> > > > > > not deleted when the user account is deleted.  This causes the
> > error
> > > > > > below when I re-create the user:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Failed to save user : Failed to create addressbook entry : Already
> > > > > > exists
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I am using a personal addressbook of the form:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > dn: ou=test,ou=personal_addressbook,dc=domain,dc=net
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > and the entries are of the form:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > dn: cn=entry,ou=test,ou=personal_addressbook,dc=gopc,dc=net
> > > > > 
> > > > > That is odd, because Webmin does delete the address book entry
> > > > > when deleting a user. The only time this doesn't happen is when using
> > > > > the batch file feature, due to a bug in version 1.260. Are you using
> > > > > batch files there?
> > > > > 
> > > > >  - Jamie
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Jamie,
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for the quick response.  No I am not using the batch file method
> > > > of creating/deleting users.  I can add and remove users fine as long
> > as
> > > > they don't have any entries in their ldap addressbook.  Once they do
> > it
> > > > is failing for me.
> > > 
> > > Hi Murray,
> > > Hmm, perhaps I need to test this more myself ..
> > > What program or tool do you use to add address book entries? I've never
> > really
> > > tested to ensure that all sub-entries in the LDAP DB are properly deleted.
> > > 
> > >  - Jamie
> > 
> > We are using the Evolution e-mail client and Horde/Turba Webmail
> > software.  I have used a LDAP directory tool GQ in the past which I
> > think allowed me to add/delete entries.  You could also use the ldapadd
> > command if you can figure out the syntax :-)
> 
> I am going to release Webmin 1.270 in a few days, and it will have some changes
> in this area that may fix the issue. At the very least it will display a more useful
> error message if the address book deletion fails..
> 
>  - Jamie

Hi Jamie,

I tried out 1.270 and the addressbook contents are still not deleted for
me but at least get a useful error as shown below like you said.  Let me
know when you have made another attempt to fix this and I will test it
out.

Thanks

Murray


Deleting from addressbook ..
.. failed! : subtree delete not supported