Importing LDIFs with Python-LDAP

[Peter van Rensburg]

Hi 

I'm using openldap 2.0.22 and the latest Python-LDAP and python 2.2 (I
also tried with a very old version of Python-LDAP and python 1.5.2 with
the same results.)

I stop openldap, rm all the .db files, start openldap, so it's a "fresh"
install. 

The LDIF I'm trying to import looks like this:

dn: o=DOTC
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
o: DOTC

Using ldapadd: 
~openldap/bin/ldapadd -x -D"cn=Directory Manager,o=DOTC" -w xx -f
org2.ldif

works fine without any errors.

Using a basic python script, something like this:

import sys
import os
import ldap
import string

def subString(strinput, begin, end=0):
   if 0 == end:
      end = len(strinput)
   
   result = ""
   for i in range(begin,end):
      result = result + strinput[i]
   
   return result

def addLdif(ldapConn, dn, fileName):
   print "Entering addLdif()"
   try:
      dataFile = open(fileName, 'r')
   except:
      print "Error opening ldif file '" + fileName + "'"
      print "Aborting installation!"
      sys.exit()

   print "reading lines"
   fileData = dataFile.readlines()
   dataFile.close()
   print "done reading lines"

   ldapData = []

   print "constructing _ldapData"
   print 
   for line in fileData:
      print "looking at line: " + line
      index = string.find(line, ':')
      ldapData = ldapData + [(subString(line,0,index),
[string.strip(subString(line,index+1))]), ]

   print "_ldapData = " 
   print ldapData
   
   try:
      ldapConn.add_s(dn, ldapData)
   except:
      raise

def main(argv):
   try:
      ldapObj = ldap.open("localhost", 389)
      ldapObj.simple_bind_s("cn=Directory Manager,o=DOTC", "xx")
   except:
      print "[main] Ldap open or bind failed!!"
      return 0

   #try:
   addLdif(ldapObj, "o=DOTC", "org2.ldif")
   #except:
   #   print "[main] addLdif failed!!"
   #   return 0

 
if __name__ == '__main__':
   sys.exit(main(sys.argv))

produces the following error:

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
121, in add_s
    self.result(msgid)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
355, in result
    ldap_result = self._ldap_call(self._l.result,msgid,0,0)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
59, in _ldap_call
    result = ldap._ldap_call(func,*args,**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/__init__.py", line
31, in _ldap_call
    result = apply(func,args,kwargs)
ldap.UNDEFINED_TYPE: {'info': 'dn: attribute type undefined', 'desc':
'Undefined attribute type'}

The first line in the LDIF being "dn: blabla" is specified in the RFC
for LDIFs. If I remove that line (dn: o=DOTC) I get the following error:

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
121, in add_s
    self.result(msgid)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
343, in result
    ldap_result = self._ldap_call(self._l.result,msgid,0,0)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
59, in _ldap_call
    result = ldap._ldap_call(func,*args,**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ldap/__init__.py", line
31, in _ldap_call
    result = apply(func,args,kwargs)
ldap.TYPE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS: {'info': 'attribute provided more than once',
'desc': 'Type or value exists'}


This works fine (without the "dn: blabla" at the start of the ldif) with
IPlanet/Netscape's directory server. 

Does anyone know what is going on here?

Many thanks,
Peter