[SOLVED] Using CreateLDAPEntryRequest

[dcaylor]

I'm trying to figure out how to use CreateLDAPEntryRequest. I'm working in PHP on zimbra 4.5.7 with the ldap util extension installed. I have a number of other soap requests working fine, including GetLDAPEntrysRequest.

My current attempt looks like this:
<ns1:CreateLDAPEntryRequest>
<dn>uid=john.test,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com</dn>
<a n="l">Flagstaff</a>
</ns1:CreateLDAPEntryRequest>

This throws an error:
<soap:faultstring>system failure: createLDAPEntry</soap:faultstring>

and further down a ways in the detail:
Caused by: javax.naming.NamingException: [LDAP: error code 80 - no structuralObjectClass operational attribute]; remaining name 'uid=john.test,ou=people,dc=fh,dc=org'

I've tried a number of variations, but this is the closest I get.

Is there documentation somewhere for this that I'm missing? What's the proper syntax, and what am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[dcaylor]

I figured out what I was doing wrong. So I thought I'd post the answer in case anybody else is trying to figure out how to use these.

I was trying to use CreateLDAPEntryRequest to add an attribute to an existing record. It doesn't do that. It adds new records. To add attributes I should have been using ModifyLDAPEntryRequest.

A simplistic use of CreateLDAPEntryRequest looks like this:

<CreateLDAPEntryResponse xmlns="urn:zimbraAdmin">
<LDAPEntry name="Foo Bar">
<a n="sn">Bar</a>
<a n="objectClass">organizationalPerson</a>
<a n="cn">Foo Bar</a>
</LDAPEntry>
</CreateLDAPEntryResponse>

This is obviously useless in the Zimbra context, but it is an example of a working SOAP call.

A working ModifyLDAPEntryRequest looks like this:

<ns1:ModifyLDAPEntryRequest>
<dn>uid=dtest,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com</dn>
<a n="l">Anytown</a>
<a n="street">101 East Main Street</a>
</ns1:ModifyLDAPEntryRequest>

Again, you wouldn't actually do that for these attributes, since ModifyAccountRequest would be more appropriate here, but this does show the working syntax for ModifyLDAPEntryRequest.

And a working GetLDAPEntrysRequest looks like this (the ldapSearchBase and query are just typical LDAP values)

<ns1:GetLDAPEntrysRequest>
<ldapSearchBase>dc=com</ldapSearchBase>
<query>( &amp; (co=US)(givenName=*Dav*))</query>
</ns1:GetLDAPEntrysRequest>

[JoshuaPrismon]

I figured out what I was doing wrong. So I thought I'd post the answer in case anybody else is trying to figure out how to use these.

I was trying to use CreateLDAPEntryRequest to add an attribute to an existing record. It doesn't do that. It adds new records. To add attributes I should have been using ModifyLDAPEntryRequest.

A simplistic use of CreateLDAPEntryRequest looks like this:

<CreateLDAPEntryResponse xmlns="urn:zimbraAdmin">
<LDAPEntry name="Foo Bar">
<a n="sn">Bar</a>
<a n="objectClass">organizationalPerson</a>
<a n="cn">Foo Bar</a>
</LDAPEntry>
</CreateLDAPEntryResponse>

This is obviously useless in the Zimbra context, but it is an example of a working SOAP call.

A working ModifyLDAPEntryRequest looks like this:

<ns1:ModifyLDAPEntryRequest>
<dn>uid=dtest,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com</dn>
<a n="l">Anytown</a>
<a n="street">101 East Main Street</a>
</ns1:ModifyLDAPEntryRequest>

Again, you wouldn't actually do that for these attributes, since ModifyAccountRequest would be more appropriate here, but this does show the working syntax for ModifyLDAPEntryRequest.

And a working GetLDAPEntrysRequest looks like this (the ldapSearchBase and query are just typical LDAP values)

<ns1:GetLDAPEntrysRequest>
<ldapSearchBase>dc=com</ldapSearchBase>
<query>( &amp; (co=US)(givenName=*Dav*))</query>
</ns1:GetLDAPEntrysRequest>

Thanks for the info!