OpenLDAP & Posix Groups/Account

openldapposix

I'm not able to add posix users/groups to this newly created ldap directory. OpenLDAP version is 2.4.19.

The LDIF I've populated the LDAP directory is probably the problem, but I'm not sure what I need to do next…

dn: dc=company,dc=net,dc=au
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: organization
o: Company Pty Ltd
dc: company

dn: cn=manager,dc=company,dc=net,dc=au
objectClass: organizationalRole
cn: Manager

dn: ou=People,dc=company,dc=net,dc=au
objectClass: organizationalUnit
objectClass: top
ou: People

dn: ou=Groups,dc=company,dc=net,dc=au
objectClass: organizationalUnit
objectClass: top
ou: Groups

Could someone please educate me 🙂

Update: I've added nis.schema, which I expected to fix the problem as it has all the posix* classes I was after. However, I now get the following error:

/etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema: line 203 objectclass: AttributeType not found: "manager"
/opt/openldap/etc/openldap/slapd.conf: line 6: <include> handler exited with 1!
slapd destroy: freeing system resources.
slapd stopped.
connections_destroy: nothing to destroy.

The relevant section of nis.schema, ~line 203 is as follows…

objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.6 NAME 'ipHost'
    DESC 'Abstraction of a host, an IP device'
    SUP top AUXILIARY
    MUST ( cn $ ipHostNumber )
    MAY ( l $ description $ manager ) )

I'll continue reading.

Best Answer

I think I've figured it out - Once I'm done reading, I'll post the root cause, and the detailed solution; but for now - and in short - I hadn't included the appropriate schema files.

The posixAccount is an auxiliary class, so it's a completely optional that can be "attached" onto the required structural one - be it person, organizationalPerson, or interOrgPerson.

No, I thought I was close, still no luck. In order to add nis.schema, I had to add a few prerequisite schemas, so now I have...

include         /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include         /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include         /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
include         /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema

That resolved slapd not starting up, however, I still can't see any posix* classes anywhere in the ldap mgmt web interface.

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