[389-users] ldapsearch getting wrong base

[Rob Crittenden]

Fosiul Alam wrote:
> Hi just a quick question
>
> i have this in file
>
> dn: cn=techops-uk,ou=groups,l=UK,dc=fosiul,dc=lan
> uniqueMember: uid=salam,ou=users,l=UK,dc=fosiul,dc=lan
> changetype: modify
> delete: uniqueMember
>
> when i try to execute this
>
> ldapmodify -xZZ -a -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w 'testtest' -f instattr.tmp
>
> adding new entry "cn=techops-uk,ou=groups,l=UK,dc=fosiul,dc=lan"
> ldapmodify: Already exists (68)
>
> why its trying to add rather then delete ??

Drop -a from your command-line.

-a     Add new entries.  The default for ldapmodify is to modify exist-
        ing entries.  If invoked as ldapadd, this flag is always set.

rob