jndi + ldap exception

[johndoe444]

Hi,
I am getting this exception:

javax.naming.directory.InvalidAttributeValueException: [LDAP: error code 21 - ob
jectClass: value #0 invalid per syntax]; remaining name 'dc=jndiTest'
        at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.mapErrorCode(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_createSubcontext(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_createSubcontext(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentContext.p_createSubcontext(Unknown
Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeContext.createSubcontext(Unk
nown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeContext.createSubcontext(Unk
nown Source)
        at javax.naming.InitialContext.createSubcontext(Unknown Source)
        at MakeRoot.main(MakeRoot.java:35)

For the code:

import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.NameAlreadyBoundException;
import javax.naming.directory.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class MakeRoot {
        final static String ldapServerName = "localhost";
        final static String rootdn = "cn=Manager, o=jndiTest";
        final static String rootpass = "secret";
        final static String rootContext = "o=jndiTest";
        
        public static void main( String[] args ) {
                // set up environment to access the server
                
                Properties env = new Properties();
                
                env.put( Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
                         "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory" );
                env.put( Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://" + ldapServerName + "/" );
                env.put( Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, rootdn );
                env.put( Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, rootpass );
                
                try {
                        // obtain initial directory context using the environment
                        DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext( env );
                        
                        // now, create the root context, which is just a subcontext
                        // of this initial directory context.
                        ctx.createSubcontext( rootContext );
                } catch ( NameAlreadyBoundException nabe ) {
                        System.err.println( rootContext + " has already been bound!" );
                } catch ( Exception e ) {
                        System.err.println( e );
                }
        }
}

What does the exception mean? What is the cause of this problem? Thanks in advance.

[kivanc]

Please remove space between these 2 and try again.

"cn=Manager, o=jndiTest"

[johndoe444]

I tried that too. Initially I made both slapd.conf and this file with no space:

"cn=Manager,o=jndiTest"

As it didn't work so I included space. Does anyone know what does the error message mean? And why usually it happens so that I can recheck things.

[johndoe444]

The problem is due to the schema check. Even though the tutorial mentioned that mentioning "schemacheck off" in the slapd.conf would work. But it is not working as expected. I had to include "include ./schema/java.schema" to prevent this error. Though now I am seeing more errors (due to scheme check is not off. ie schemacheck off is not working).