Sorry for bugging again. As I had mentioned in my earlier mail, the "activeFlag" attribute was not defined(so even though creation was successful, modification was not). As suggested by you I tried to add this attribute in the schema using the JNDI calls( as given in examples in JNDI tutorial at the SUN site http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/ldap/schema/attribute.html). However there was no success as I kept on getting NamingException (even though I was using the administrator password). I am not sure if that is the correct way of changing schema. I didn't find any document regarding changing schema at the Apache Directory site.
Also is there any way to turn off schema checking in case I don't want it(JXplorer has a menu item "Stop Schema Checking" but that doesn't seem to work when the LDAP server is Apache Directory) Thanks to all for replying Somashish -----Original Message----- From: Alex Karasulu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 7:16 AM To: Apache Directory Developers List Subject: Re: LDAP 0.9.3 . Modify attribute fails with exception Somaashish, > Can anybody give me any pointer as to where I should look into in order to >resolve this issue. I feel it is an issue with my server startup parameters. > > You get this exception, InvalidAttributeIdentifierException, when you're adding an attribute that is not recognized by the server. Check and make sure all your attributes are spelled correctly in the modify operation. If you're using attributeTypes that are undefined you'll need to add a new schema to your server. HTH, Alex
