You didn't try all combinations of parameters, you need to be exhaustive when doing trial and error, otherwise there is no guarantee you get to the right combination in a finite amount of time. Or, you can read RFC4511 and find out how to do things right the first time.
p. > Hi thanks for the helo I have being tryinn a few things with ldapmodify, > > I need to modify the user from > dn: uid=user1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, > to > dn: uid=user1,ou=Group1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, > > I have try some of the following attempts > > dn: uid=user1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com > changetype: modify > replace: dn > dn: uid=user1,ou=Group1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com > > that according to what i have read it doesnt have work, because dn is not > exactly like an attribute > > dn: uid=user1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com > changeType: modrdn > newRDN: uid=user1,ou=Group1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com > deleteOldRDN: 1 > > and this ones gives me > > modifying rdn of entry "uid=user1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com" > rename completed > ldapmodify: Invalid DN syntax (34) > additional info: invalid new RDN > > I dont know how to add an ou to the dn. > > Thanks > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrey A. Konovalov" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 12:43:01 PM GMT -05:00 Colombia > Subject: Re: Change a user dn > >> Hi >> >> I have Openldap with samba, and some users. >> My users are part of ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, >> like this, >> dn: uid=user1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, >> >> So i wanted some of my users to be able to administer a group of users >> and be able to create users, so a friend of mine recommended me to do >> the following, create a group like this >> >> dn: cn=Admin Group1,cn=Admins,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, >> objectClass: groupOfNames >> objectClass: top >> cn: Admin Group1 >> member: uid=adming1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, >> >> and >> >> dn: ou=Group1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com >> objectClass: organizationalUnit >> objectClass: top >> ou: U.A.A. Group1 >> >> the users of this "group" whould have to be >> >> dn: uid=user1,ou=Group1,ou=People,dc=mydomain,dc=com, >> >> >> And with and acl I give Admin Group1 users complete control over that >> ou. >> >> >> So this seems to work. But I already have users that use my ldap, is it >> possible to change their dn, I am not clear on how to do this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Juan Diego >> > > > Maybe, > (do it with ldapmodify, fex.) > dn: uid=user1,dc=tratata,dc=com > changeType: modrdn > newRDN: user2 > deleteOldRDN: 1 > > ??? > -- > Andrey A. Konovalov <[email protected]> > > >
