Hi Nuno,
I have never used JLDAP but i guess you may have to write something like
this:
attrSet.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass", {"inetOrgPerson","
posixAccount"});
Also, have you tried with a ldif file or check your slapd config?
Regards
Xavier
2008/11/3 Nuno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi everyone. I believe this is the correct mailing list to post my
> question. If not, please point me to the correct one.
>
> I'm using Novell's JLDAP Java library (available from
> http://www.openldap.org/jldap/) to talk to my OpenLDAP server from an
> application developed in-house. It's been a pretty straightforward ride: I
> can list users, change attributes, etc. There is, however, one thing I
> haven't yet been able to implement - create a new user that inherits the
> objectClass "posixAccount". According to Novell's code samples, to create
> such an entry, one would do:
>
> LDAPEntry entry = new LDAPEntry(cn);
> LDAPAttributeSet attrSet = new LDAPAttributeSet();
> // Object class descriptions
> attrSet.add(new LDAPAttribute("objectclass", new
> String("inetOrgPerson")));
> // add the other attributes until all required inetOrgPerson
> attributes are set
> ...
> // add the LDAPAttributeSet
> connection.add(new LDAPEntry(entry.getDN(), attrSet));
>
> This snippet works only if the objectClass being added is an
> "inetOrgPerson". Trying to add an additional objectClass called
> "posixAccount" and its attributes ("gidNumber", "description", "gecos",
> "loginShell" and "userPassword") results in the following error:
>
> LDAPException: Object Class Violation (65) Object Class Violation
> LDAPException: Server Message: attribute 'uidNumber' not allowed
>
> Upon further testing, I concluded the posixAccount objectClass is never
> added, thus its attributes are in fact, not allowed.
>
> How should I proceed to correctly add the objectClass posixAccount?
>
