Hey, thanks! Well I had to add my admin login to get it to work, but the info you gave me got it solved!
[root@ldap01:~/ldap] #ldapdelete -v -x 'uid=spencer,ou=People,dc=jokefire,dc=com' -D cn=admin,dc=jokefire,dc=com -W ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> ) Enter LDAP Password: deleting entry "uid=spencer,ou=People,dc=jokefire,dc=com" SUCCESS!!! Really appreciate the help! Tim On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Chris Card <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > > I'm trying to delete an entry in my ldap database. But when issuing this > command I am getting an error: > > >[root@ldap01:~/ldap] #ldapdelete -v -x 'dn: > uid=spencer,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com' -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com -W > >ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> ) > >Enter LDAP Password: > >deleting entry "dn: uid=spencer,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" > >ldap_delete: Invalid DN syntax (34) > > additional info: invalid DN > > The 'dn: ' bit is not part of the DN, try > > ldapdelete -v -x -W uid=spencer,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com > > Chris -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B
