Hi there, problem solved ! it was my mistake, I didnt pay attention, that some passwords consist of more than one line, must be a base64 thing, that after some character comes a new line (wikipedia says so) - and my bash-script ignored (and still does :-) ) second line
thanks gizmo -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:59:11 +0100 > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > An: [email protected] > Betreff: problems with exporting/iimporting passwords > Hi everybody, > we are installing a new ldap-server, because we need a new structure. > so a simple export/import via slapcat/slapadd is not possible, because we > need to change the object structure. > I wrote a bash shell-script (we are working under suse), which exports the > user datas via ldapsearch, builds > the new objects and saves it in ldif-format. then I import the ldif-file > via ldap-add in the new ldap-server. > > but when I want to import the ldif-file, ldapadd complains about 50 users > (from 900 total), that they woud have an invalid format - the lines, which > are invalid are always the userPassword-lines of this user. > > I tried already to extract this lines with slapcat, copied the extracted > lines into my ldif-file, but still the same error. > > Is there any other way to export/import the password ? can it be a > char-set problem ? I really dont know anymore, > what else I could do..... > > thanks > > gizmo > -- > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: > http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger -- Sensationsangebot nur bis 30.11: GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL für nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a
