On 05/23/2011 09:44 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> Rich,
>
>
> On 2011-05-24 00:32, Rich Megginson wrote:
>> On 05/22/2011 01:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> People,
>>>
>>> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people
>>> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail
>>> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 
>>> DB.
>>> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using
>>> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the
>>> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record:
>>>
>>> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=txxx...@nyyyyyyy.com
>>> objectclass: top
>>> objectclass: person
>>> objectclass: organizationalPerson
>>> objectclass: inetOrgPerson
>>> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
>>> givenName: Tina
>>> sn: Franks
>>> cn: Tina XXXXXX
>>> mozillaNickname: tinaX
>>> mail: txxxx...@nyyyyyyy.com
>>> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d
>>>
>>> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"?
>
>> No. There are some problems with the dn:
>> 1) Only use 'cn' in the dn if you are absolutely sure that the cn value
>> will be unique - that is, that no two people will have the same first
>> and last name. Unless this is a trivial deployment, you will want to use
>> something else that is usually unique, like a userid, because there is
>> no way to guarantee that two people will not have the same name.
>> 2) Don't use both 'cn' and 'mail' in the dn: (in fact you probably want
>> to use a userid as in 1)
>> 3) You need a suffix. By default, 389 creates a suffix based on your
>> domain name e.g. dc=example,dc=com. The typical dn would be something
>> like dn: uid=theuserid,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
>
>
> With the exception of the deleted lines (see other post) I have just 
> used exactly what Thunderbird has exported - it is supposed to be an 
> LDIF file . .
It is but it isn't.  It is in an LDIF format, but it is not in an LDIF 
format suitable for importing into a directory server.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.

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