OpenLDAP Error – ldap_add: No Such Object (32)

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I try to enable ppolicy in openldap. I have tried it with the following tutorial: https://tobru.ch/openldap-password-policy-overlay/

Steps I have done:

  1. Load the ppolicy schema into OLC –> Success
  2. Load the module –> Succcess
  3. Configure ppolicy overlay –> Failed

Step 3:

ldapadd -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f ppolicycfgOverlay-add.ldif

#File: ppolicycfgOverlay-add.ldif
dn: olcOverlay={0}ppolicy,cn=olcDatabase{1}mdb,cn=config
objectClass: olcOverlayConfig
objectClass: olcPPolicyConfig
olcOverlay: {0}ppolicy
olcPPolicyDefault: cn=default,ou=policies,dc=ldap,dc=example,dc=net
olcPPolicyHashCleartext: FALSE
olcPPolicyUseLockout: TRUE
olcPPolicyForwardUpdates: FALSE

throws error:

adding new entry "olcOverlay={0}ppolicy,cn=olcDatabase{1}mdb,cn=config"
ldap_add: No such object (32)
        matched DN: cn=config

Additional things I have tried:

  1. Adding the ppolicy entrys in database before setting up the overlay
  2. Read http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/ch6/slapd-config.html#use-overlays

The File "olcOverlay={0}ppolicy" does not exist in the slapd cfg directory. But I don't know why.

Best Answer

I found the mistake:

The dn was wrong: cn=olcDatabase{1}mdb has to be olcDatabase={1}mdb.

So the correct dn is: dn: olcOverlay={0}ppolicy,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config.

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