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My short trite answer is:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Troubleshooting




What errors are you getting?
What version are you running?
When you ldapsearch on one of your pre-existing entries, does it
look like what you posted below?





On 22/05/11 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:

People,

I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 DB.
I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:

dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
givenName: Tina
sn: Franks
cn: Tina XXXXXX
mozillaNickname: tinaX
mail: TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d

I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?

Thanks,

Phil.






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I guess the standard schema of 389Ds do not know objectclass mozillaAbPersonAlpha and the attribute mozillanickname

You can extend your schema with the 389console or remove (rename) the mozilla oc and attr

Regards Carsten

----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
Von: Christopher Wood <christopher_wood@pobox.com>
Datum: Sonntag, 22. Mai 2011, 21:57
Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP
An: 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org










>
My short trite answer is:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Troubleshooting

>




- > What errors are you getting?

- > What version are you running?

- > When you ldapsearch on one of your pre-existing entries, does it
look like what you posted below?





>
>
On 22/05/11 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:

> People,
>
> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 DB.
> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:
>
> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: person
> objectclass: organizationalPerson
> objectclass: inetOrgPerson
> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
> givenName: Tina
> sn: Franks
> cn: Tina XXXXXX
> mozillaNickname: tinaX
> mail: TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>
> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>





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Carsten,


On 2011-05-23 16:06, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> I guess the standard schema of 389Ds do not know objectclass
> mozillaAbPersonAlpha and the attribute mozillanickname
>
> You can extend your schema with the 389console or remove (rename) the
> mozilla oc and attr


I removed all the lines with those words in them but when I import the
resulting file it still seems that all of the records are rejected (ie
no new users show up on the 389 Console).

Thanks,

Phil.


> Regards Carsten
>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: Christopher
> Wood<christopher_wood@pobox.com> Datum: Sonntag, 22. Mai 2011, 21:57
> Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP
> An: 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
> My short trite answer is:
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Troubleshooting
>
>>
>
>
>
>
> -> What errors are you getting?
>
> -> What version are you running?
>
> -> When you ldapsearch on one of your pre-existing entries, does it
> look like what you posted below?
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
> On 22/05/11 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>
>> People,
>>
>> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few
>> people that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and
>> Squirrelmail but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB
>> addressbook into the 389 DB. I can export the TB AB to an ldif file
>> but it fails to import using the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I
>> presume I have to somehow massage the LDIF file to make it
>> compatible? Here is a complete record:
>>
>> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com objectclass: top
>> objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass:
>> inetOrgPerson objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha givenName: Tina sn:
>> Franks cn: Tina XXXXXX mozillaNickname: tinaX mail:
>> TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>>
>> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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Hi,

now the output in /var/log/dirserv/slapd-<inst>/access would be very helpful.
Btw. the dn line means, that you must have a suffix with the dn:

mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com

which is not common.

Regards

----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
Von: Philip Rhoades <phil@pricom.com.au>
Datum: Montag, 23. Mai 2011, 11:48
Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP
An: "General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project." <389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
Cc: Carsten Grzemba <grzemba@contac-dt.de>

> Carsten,
>
>
> On 2011-05-23 16:06, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> > I guess the standard schema of 389Ds do not know objectclass
> > mozillaAbPersonAlpha and the attribute mozillanickname
> >
> > You can extend your schema with the 389console or remove
> (rename) the
> > mozilla oc and attr
>
>
> I removed all the lines with those words in them but when I
> import the
> resulting file it still seems that all of the records are
> rejected (ie
> no new users show up on the 389 Console).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
>
> > Regards Carsten
> >
> > ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: Christopher
> > Wood<christopher_wood@pobox.com> Datum: Sonntag, 22. Mai
> 2011, 21:57
> > Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook
> into LDAP
> > An: 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> > My short trite answer is:
> > http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Troubleshooting
> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ->* What errors are you getting?
> >
> > ->* What version are you running?
> >
> > ->* When you ldapsearch on one of your pre-existing
> entries, does it
> > look like what you posted below?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> > On 22/05/11 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> >
> >> People,
> >>
> >> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few
> >> people that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and
> >> Squirrelmail but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB
> >> addressbook into the 389 DB. I can export the TB AB to an
> ldif file
> >> but it fails to import using the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I
> >> presume I have to somehow massage the LDIF file to make it
> >> compatible?* Here is a complete record:
> >>
> >> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com objectclass: top
> >> objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass:
> >> inetOrgPerson objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha givenName:
> Tina sn:
> >> Franks cn: Tina XXXXXX mozillaNickname: tinaX mail:
> >> TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
> >>
> >> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Phil.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
> >>
> >>
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> Australia
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On 05/22/2011 01:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
>
> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 DB.
> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:
>
> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: person
> objectclass: organizationalPerson
> objectclass: inetOrgPerson
> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
> givenName: Tina
> sn: Franks
> cn: Tina XXXXXX
> mozillaNickname: tinaX
> mail: TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>
> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
No. There are some problems with the dn:
1) Only use 'cn' in the dn if you are absolutely sure that the cn value
will be unique - that is, that no two people will have the same first
and last name. Unless this is a trivial deployment, you will want to
use something else that is usually unique, like a userid, because there
is no way to guarantee that two people will not have the same name.
2) Don't use both 'cn' and 'mail' in the dn: (in fact you probably want
to use a userid as in 1)
3) You need a suffix. By default, 389 creates a suffix based on your
domain name e.g. dc=example,dc=com. The typical dn would be something
like dn: uid=theuserid,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.

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On 23/05/11 02:06 AM, Carsten Grzemba wrote:

I guess the standard schema of 389Ds do not know objectclass mozillaAbPersonAlpha and the attribute mozillanickname




My 389 install (rpm via epel) has those:



[root@cwldap-01 ~]# grep mozillaAbPersonAlpha
/etc/dirsrv/schema/60mozilla.ldif

# mozillaAbPersonAlpha

* NAME 'mozillaAbPersonAlpha'

[root@cwldap-01 ~]# grep mozillaNickname
/etc/dirsrv/schema/60mozilla.ldif

* NAME ( 'mozillaNickname' 'xmozillanickname' )

* MAY ( c $ description $ displayName $ facsimileTelephoneNumber $
givenName $ homePhone $ l $ mail $ mobile $ mozillaCustom1 $
mozillaCustom2 $ mozillaCustom3 $ mozillaCustom4 $
mozillaHomeCountryName $ mozillaHomeLocalityName $
mozillaHomePostalCode $ mozillaHomeState $ mozillaHomeStreet $
mozillaHomeStreet2 $ mozillaHomeUrl $ mozillaNickname $
mozillaSecondEmail $ mozillaUseHtmlMail $ mozillaWorkStreet2 $
mozillaWorkUrl $ nsAIMid $ o $ ou $ pager $ postalCode $ postOfficeBox
$ sn $ st $ street $ telephoneNumber $ title )





You can extend your schema with the 389console or remove (rename) the mozilla oc and attr

Regards Carsten

----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
Von: Christopher Wood <christopher_wood@pobox.com>
Datum: Sonntag, 22. Mai 2011, 21:57
Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP
An: 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org















My short trite answer is:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Troubleshooting










- > What errors are you getting?

- > What version are you running?

- > When you ldapsearch on one of your pre-existing entries, does it
look like what you posted below?











On 22/05/11 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:

> People,



I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 DB.
I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:

dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
givenName: Tina
sn: Franks
cn: Tina XXXXXX
mozillaNickname: tinaX
mail: TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d

I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?

Thanks,

Phil.










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Carsten,

These are examples of the different errors (one for every ~700 entries):

[23/May/2011:19:43:57 +1000] conn=7 op=2 RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=1
etime=0
[23/May/2011:19:44:33 +1000] conn=7 op=4 RESULT err=32 tag=105
nentries=0 etime=0
[23/May/2011:19:44:33 +1000] conn=7 op=87 RESULT err=34 tag=105
nentries=0 etime=0
[23/May/2011:19:44:54 +1000] conn=6 op=5 RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=1
etime=0
[23/May/2011:20:09:07 +1000] conn=21 op=0 RESULT err=0 tag=97 nentries=0
etime=0 dn=""
[23/May/2011:20:09:47 +1000] conn=21 op=3 RESULT err=0 tag=101
nentries=0 etime=0

Thanks,

Phil.


On 2011-05-23 20:44, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> Hi,
>
> now the output in /var/log/dirserv/slapd-<inst>/access would be very helpful.
> Btw. the dn line means, that you must have a suffix with the dn:
>
> mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
>
> which is not common.
>
> Regards
>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
> Von: Philip Rhoades<phil@pricom.com.au>
> Datum: Montag, 23. Mai 2011, 11:48
> Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP
> An: "General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project."<389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Cc: Carsten Grzemba<grzemba@contac-dt.de>
>
>> Carsten,
>>
>>
>> On 2011-05-23 16:06, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
>>> I guess the standard schema of 389Ds do not know objectclass
>>> mozillaAbPersonAlpha and the attribute mozillanickname
>>>
>>> You can extend your schema with the 389console or remove
>> (rename) the
>>> mozilla oc and attr
>>
>>
>> I removed all the lines with those words in them but when I
>> import the
>> resulting file it still seems that all of the records are
>> rejected (ie
>> no new users show up on the 389 Console).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>> Regards Carsten
>>>
>>> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: Christopher
>>> Wood<christopher_wood@pobox.com> Datum: Sonntag, 22. Mai
>> 2011, 21:57
>>> Betreff: Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook
>> into LDAP
>>> An: 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>> My short trite answer is:
>>> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Troubleshooting
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -> What errors are you getting?
>>>
>>> -> What version are you running?
>>>
>>> -> When you ldapsearch on one of your pre-existing
>> entries, does it
>>> look like what you posted below?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> On 22/05/11 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>>
>>>> People,
>>>>
>>>> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few
>>>> people that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and
>>>> Squirrelmail but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB
>>>> addressbook into the 389 DB. I can export the TB AB to an
>> ldif file
>>>> but it fails to import using the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I
>>>> presume I have to somehow massage the LDIF file to make it
>>>> compatible? Here is a complete record:
>>>>
>>>> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com objectclass: top
>>>> objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass:
>>>> inetOrgPerson objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha givenName:
>> Tina sn:
>>>> Franks cn: Tina XXXXXX mozillaNickname: tinaX mail:
>>>> TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>>>>
>>>> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Phil.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>> Sydney NSW 2001
>> Australia
>> E-mail: phil@pricom.com.au
>>
>>
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Rich,


On 2011-05-24 00:32, Rich Megginson wrote:
> On 05/22/2011 01:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>> People,
>>
>> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
>> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
>> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 DB.
>> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
>> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
>> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:
>>
>> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
>> objectclass: top
>> objectclass: person
>> objectclass: organizationalPerson
>> objectclass: inetOrgPerson
>> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
>> givenName: Tina
>> sn: Franks
>> cn: Tina XXXXXX
>> mozillaNickname: tinaX
>> mail: TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
>> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>>
>> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?

> No. There are some problems with the dn:
> 1) Only use 'cn' in the dn if you are absolutely sure that the cn value
> will be unique - that is, that no two people will have the same first
> and last name. Unless this is a trivial deployment, you will want to use
> something else that is usually unique, like a userid, because there is
> no way to guarantee that two people will not have the same name.
> 2) Don't use both 'cn' and 'mail' in the dn: (in fact you probably want
> to use a userid as in 1)
> 3) You need a suffix. By default, 389 creates a suffix based on your
> domain name e.g. dc=example,dc=com. The typical dn would be something
> like dn: uid=theuserid,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com


With the exception of the deleted lines (see other post) I have just
used exactly what Thunderbird has exported - it is supposed to be an
LDIF file . .

Thanks,

Phil.
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Christopher,


On 2011-05-24 01:08, Christopher Wood wrote:
> On 23/05/11 02:06 AM, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
>> I guess the standard schema of 389Ds do not know objectclass mozillaAbPersonAlpha and the attribute mozillanickname
>>
>
> My 389 install (rpm via epel) has those:
>
> [root@cwldap-01 ~]# grep mozillaAbPersonAlpha
> /etc/dirsrv/schema/60mozilla.ldif
> # mozillaAbPersonAlpha
> NAME 'mozillaAbPersonAlpha'
> [root@cwldap-01 ~]# grep mozillaNickname /etc/dirsrv/schema/60mozilla.ldif
> NAME ( 'mozillaNickname' 'xmozillanickname' )
> MAY ( c $ description $ displayName $ facsimileTelephoneNumber $
> givenName $ homePhone $ l $ mail $ mobile $ mozillaCustom1 $
> mozillaCustom2 $ mozillaCustom3 $ mozillaCustom4 $
> mozillaHomeCountryName $ mozillaHomeLocalityName $ mozillaHomePostalCode
> $ mozillaHomeState $ mozillaHomeStreet $ mozillaHomeStreet2 $
> mozillaHomeUrl $ mozillaNickname $ mozillaSecondEmail $
> mozillaUseHtmlMail $ mozillaWorkStreet2 $ mozillaWorkUrl $ nsAIMid $ o $
> ou $ pager $ postalCode $ postOfficeBox $ sn $ st $ street $
> telephoneNumber $ title )


Yes, I have exactly the same - now I am really confused . .

Thanks,

Phil.


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On 05/23/2011 09:44 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> Rich,
>
>
> On 2011-05-24 00:32, Rich Megginson wrote:
>> On 05/22/2011 01:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> People,
>>>
>>> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
>>> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
>>> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389
>>> DB.
>>> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
>>> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
>>> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:
>>>
>>> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
>>> objectclass: top
>>> objectclass: person
>>> objectclass: organizationalPerson
>>> objectclass: inetOrgPerson
>>> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
>>> givenName: Tina
>>> sn: Franks
>>> cn: Tina XXXXXX
>>> mozillaNickname: tinaX
>>> mail: TXXXXXXX@nYYYYYYY.com
>>> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>>>
>>> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
>
>> No. There are some problems with the dn:
>> 1) Only use 'cn' in the dn if you are absolutely sure that the cn value
>> will be unique - that is, that no two people will have the same first
>> and last name. Unless this is a trivial deployment, you will want to use
>> something else that is usually unique, like a userid, because there is
>> no way to guarantee that two people will not have the same name.
>> 2) Don't use both 'cn' and 'mail' in the dn: (in fact you probably want
>> to use a userid as in 1)
>> 3) You need a suffix. By default, 389 creates a suffix based on your
>> domain name e.g. dc=example,dc=com. The typical dn would be something
>> like dn: uid=theuserid,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
>
>
> With the exception of the deleted lines (see other post) I have just
> used exactly what Thunderbird has exported - it is supposed to be an
> LDIF file . .
It is but it isn't. It is in an LDIF format, but it is not in an LDIF
format suitable for importing into a directory server.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.

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