Re: [389-users] Importing Thunderbird AddressBook into LDAP

Rich, On 2011-05-24 00:32, Rich Megginson wrote: > On 05/22/2011 01:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> People, >> >> I have installed the 389 DS on F14 x86_64 OK and can see a few people >> that I added with the 389 Console in both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail >> but now I want to do a bulk import of my TB addressbook into the 389 >> DB. >> I can export the TB AB to an ldif file but it fails to import using >> the 389 "Import Databases" fn - I presume I have to somehow massage the >> LDIF file to make it compatible? Here is a complete record: >> >> dn: cn=Tina XXXXXX,mail=TXXXXXX(a)nYYYYYYY.com >> objectclass: top >> objectclass: person >> objectclass: organizationalPerson >> objectclass: inetOrgPerson >> objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha >> givenName: Tina >> sn: Franks >> cn: Tina XXXXXX >> mozillaNickname: tinaX >> mail: TXXXXXXX(a)nYYYYYYY.com >> modifytimestamp: 48a5a25d >> >> I guess one of the objectlasses should be "People"? > No. There are some problems with the dn: > 1) Only use 'cn' in the dn if you are absolutely sure that the cn value > will be unique - that is, that no two people will have the same first > and last name. Unless this is a trivial deployment, you will want to use > something else that is usually unique, like a userid, because there is > no way to guarantee that two people will not have the same name. > 2) Don't use both 'cn' and 'mail' in the dn: (in fact you probably want > to use a userid as in 1) > 3) You need a suffix. By default, 389 creates a suffix based on your > domain name e.g. dc=example,dc=com. The typical dn would be something > like dn: uid=theuserid,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com With the exception of the deleted lines (see other post) I have just used exactly what Thunderbird has exported - it is supposed to be an LDIF file . .

Thanks, Phil.