Hi, Michael, Yes, it works! Thanks a lot for the explanation!!
Best, Tianyin On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:29 AM, Wuensche Michael < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tianyin,**** > > ** ** > > if you want to delete the entry cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com, it has to be > the last part of your ldapdelete command.**** > > The argument for –D is the account you use to bind against the LDAP > server. So your command should look like this:**** > > ** ** > > ldapdelete -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -w secret -x > "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com"**** > > ** ** > > Btw. Did you set a password for the Manager account already?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > Michael**** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > Michael Wünsche**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tianyin Xu > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2012 6:56 AM > *To:* Brian Reichert > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: ldapdelete "ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)"**** > > ** ** > > Hi, Brian, > > Yes, I looked at the manpage, but I still didn't get it. Maybe I'm too > stupid. > > I wanna delete the DN, i.e., "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com", I added into > the directory. > So, according to the example in the manpage, I should just do > > ldapdelete "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" > > "-x -w secret" is just for simple authentication. So, you mean I should do > sth like > > ldapdelete -D "dc=example,dc=com" "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" > > I tried, but still get ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49) > > Thanks a lot! > Tianyin > > ** > ****** > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Brian Reichert <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 09:34:41PM -0700, Tianyin Xu wrote: > > thx for the reply, Brian! > > > > yes, you are right. Could you tell me why the following command is wrong? > **** > > Did you look at the manpage for ldapdelete? E.g.: > > http://linux.die.net/man/1/ldapdelete**** > > > > ldapdelete "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -x -w secret > > ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34) > > additional info: invalid DN**** > > The DN you with to bind with needs to be specified with '-D', just > as your correct invocation does. > > > Thanks a lot!**** > > > T > > -- > Brian Reichert <[email protected]> > BSD admin/developer at large**** > -- Tianyin XU, http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~tixu/
