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=TXXXXXX(a)nYYYYYYY.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha
givenName: Tina
sn: Franks
cn: Tina XXXXXX
mozillaNickname: tinaX
mail: TXXXXXXX(a)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
Thanks,
Phil.