Hi, I am making big progress in writing the ldap tools I mentioned earlier, but I have come across a completly frustrating problem I can't crack. Most likely it is something simple to do with the shell scripting, but I can't figure it out at all - script is
binddn=`awk '/rootdn/ {print $2}' /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf` group_base=`awk '/nss_base_group/ {print $2}' /etc/ldap.conf | cut -f1 -d?` echo ldapdelete -W -D $binddn \"cn=$1, $group_base\" ldapdelete -W -D $binddn \"cn=$1, $group_base\" It grabs the rootdn from the slapd.conf file, then the base ou for the groups from the ldap.conf file, and construct the delete statement from that. when run ('./rmgroup users') it outputs - ldapdelete -W -D "cn=Manager,dc=orbweavers,dc=co,dc=uk" "cn=users, ou=groups,dc=orbweavers,dc=co,dc=uk" Enter LDAP Password: ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34) additional info: invalid DN However, if I copy and paste the echod statement (the first line of the output) straight to the shell, it run fine. I've tried every which way of quoting I can think of, but nothing gives. Please tell me I am missing something really obvious and I can retrieve my sanity! cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"