A bug in a PHP
script<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4813771> has
caused some entries in the LDAP
database<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4813771> to
have invalid values:
# James + Bond, people, mi6.gov.uk
dn: cn=James+sn=Bond,ou=people,dc=mi6,dc=gov,dc=uk
sn: Bond
givenName: James
cn:: U3RldmUg
gecos:: U3RldmUg
As you can see, the cn: and gecos: have the invalid values - they should be
James Bond.
I did attempt to correct the problem with ldapmodify by putting the following
into a file called updateCN.ldif:
dn: cn=James+sn=Bond,ou=people,dc=mi6,dc=gov,dc=uk
changetype:modify
replace: cn
cn: James Bond
and executing the following command:
ldapmodify -x -W -D "cn=admin,dc=mi6,dc=gov,dc=uk" -f updateCN.ldif
This returned the following error
Enter LDAP Password:
modifying entry "cn=James+sn=Bond,ou=people,dc=mi6,dc=gov,dc=uk"
ldap_modify: Naming violation (64)
additional info: value of naming attribute 'cn' is not present in entry
I have also tried ldapmodrdn:
ldapmodrdn -r -f updateCN.ldif
with updateCN.ldif:
dn: cn=James Bond+sn=Bond,ou=people,dc=mi6,dc=gov,dc=uk
cn=James Bond
$ ldapmodrdn -r -f updateCN.ldif
SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your password:
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Internal (implementation specific) error (80)
additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database
and
ldapmodify -f updateCN.ldif
with updateCN.ldif:
dn: cn=James Bond+sn=Bond,ou=people,dc=mi6,dc=gov,dc=uk
changetype: modrdn
newrdn: cn=James Bond
deleteoldrdn: 1
$ ldapmodify -f updateCN.ldif
SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your password:
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Internal (implementation specific) error (80)
additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database
How can I correct the invalid values in the LDAP database?
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