CentOS - Nov 2014 - Problems with deleting a reference in 389DS

Hi, I'm having problems deleting something from 389DS. At one point I had a
link to use an external LDAP server for authentication for a particular
client. I now need to delete this but I am having trouble.

Firstly I can't find this object in either the directory manager or
ldapadmin.

I can see the object using db2ldif:
    # entry-id: 1838
    dn: cn=bloggsco,dc=mycompany,dc=com
    objectClass: top
    objectClass: groupofuniquenames
    objectClass: referral
    cn: Algeco
    creatorsName: cn=directory manager
    modifiersName: cn=directory manager
    createTimestamp: 20130410154401Z
    modifyTimestamp: 20130410154518Z
    nsUniqueId: 6b12f481-a1f511e2-a5a7b2a9-738d4470
    ref: ldap://ldap.bloggsco.com:389/ou%3dUsers,o%3dbloggsco,c%3dcom

I can find the entry with ldapsearch:
    [root at logger ~]# ldapsearch -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w
mypassword -p
389 -h localhost -s sub -b dc=mycompany,dc=com -x
dn=cn=bloggsco,dc=mycompany,dc=com
    # extended LDIF
    #
    # LDAPv3
    # base <dc=mycompany,dc=com> with scope subtree
    # filter: dn=cn=bloggsco,dc=mycompany,dc=com
    # requesting: ALL
    #

    # search reference
    ref: ldap://ldap.bloggsco.com:389/ou%3dUsers,o%3dbloggsco,c%3dcom

    # search result
    search: 2
    result: 0 Success

    # numResponses: 2
    # numReferences: 1

but I can't delete with ldapdelete:
    [root at logger ~]# ldapdelete -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w
mypassword -p
389 -h localhost -x dn=cn=bloggsco,dc=mycompany,dc=com
        ldap_delete: No such object (32)
        matched DN: dc=mycompany,dc=com

any ideas?



*Kevin Thorpe*

On 11/28/2014 09:45 AM, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
> Hi, I'm having problems deleting something from 389DS. At one point I
had a
> link to use an external LDAP server for authentication for a particular
> client. I now need to delete this but I am having trouble.
>
> Firstly I can't find this object in either the directory manager or
> ldapadmin.
>
> I can see the object using db2ldif:
> <SNIP>
> but I can't delete with ldapdelete:
>      [root at logger ~]# ldapdelete -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w
mypassword -p
> 389 -h localhost -x dn=cn=bloggsco,dc=mycompany,dc=com
>          ldap_delete: No such object (32)
>          matched DN: dc=mycompany,dc=com
>
> any ideas?
>
Just a thought, I don't think ldapdelete wants the DN in the form 
"dn=cn=...".  Try to remove the "dn=" prefix from the DN.

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