I am about to enter people into ldap directory, but get this error: # ldapadd -x -W -a -D "cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net" -f joe.ldif Enter LDAP Password: ldapadd: no DN specified Can someone please try to identify what I manage to .... or where the dn is missing. --- error from phpldapadmin Error Could not bind to the LDAP server. LDAP said: No such attribute Error number: 0x10 (LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE) Description: That entry does not contain the attribute specified. --- # slapcat dn: dc=test,dc=example,dc=net objectClass: top objectClass: dcObject objectClass: organization o:: U2FuZHNlbmdlbiA= dc: test structuralObjectClass: organization entryUUID: 7e30d0ea-1e5c-102a-8a41-fe12d5744b3f creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net createTimestamp: 20060120235909Z modifyTimestamp: 20060120235909Z entryCSN: 20060120235909Z#000001#00#000000 dn: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net objectClass: simpleSecurityObject objectClass: organizationalRole cn: admin description: LDAP administrator userPassword:: e1NTSEF9bEZuVVQyZ1I0bi9jWTd1Q3U2em9qZkkwb1YveVp5STYg structuralObjectClass: organizationalRole entryUUID: 7e441dbc-1e5c-102a-8a42-fe12d5744b3f creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net createTimestamp: 20060120235910Z modifyTimestamp: 20060120235910Z entryCSN: 20060120235910Z#000001#00#000000 dn: cn=nss,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net objectClass: organizationalRole objectClass: simpleSecurityObject cn: nss description: LDAP NSS user for user-lookups userPassword:: 0NSWVBUfXh4eHh4eHh4eHg== structuralObjectClass: organizationalRole entryUUID: 92594c00-238e-102a-893e-b098b051ae18 creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net createTimestamp: 20060127144014Z entryCSN: 20060127144014Z#000001#00#000000 modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net modifyTimestamp: 20060127144014Z dn: ou=People,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net objectClass: organizationalUnit objectClass: top ou: People structuralObjectClass: organizationalUnit entryUUID: 925a7184-238e-102a-893f-b098b051ae18 creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net createTimestamp: 20060127144014Z entryCSN: 20060127144014Z#000002#00#000000 modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net modifyTimestamp: 20060127144014Z dn: ou=Group,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: Group structuralObjectClass: organizationalUnit entryUUID: 925f42cc-238e-102a-8940-b098b051ae18 creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net createTimestamp: 20060127144014Z entryCSN: 20060127144014Z#000003#00#000000 modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=test,dc=example,dc=net modifyTimestamp: 20060127144014Z