Attribute is not being renamed by this code in Ldap.

Question

/** * * ModifyRDN .java * Sample code to demostrate how ModifyRDN/ModifyDN works. * */

import javax.naming.; import javax.naming.directory.;

import java.util.Hashtable;

public class ModifyRDN { public static void main(String[] args) { Hashtable env = new Hashtable(); env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://myLdapServer:389/dc=myDomain,dc=com");
    env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");
    env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "cn=directory manager");
    env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "password");

    /*
      Whether the old RDN attribute values are to be retained 
      as attributes of the entry, or deleted from the entry
    */
    env.put("java.naming.ldap.deleteRDN", "true");  // default is 'true'

try {
    /* Create the initial context */
    DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

        ctx.rename("cn=John Smith,ou=Sales,ou=People", 
                   "cn=John Cougar Smith,ou=Sales,ou=People");

    /* Close the context when it's done */
    ctx.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

/////////////////////// My error list is as follows javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: [LDAP: error code 32 - No Such Object]; remaining name 'cn=name1 name2,ou=mycompany' at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.mapErrorCode(LdapCtx.java:3025) at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2946) at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2752) at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_rename(LdapCtx.java:700) at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentContext.p_rename(ComponentContext.java:708) at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeContext.rename(PartialCompositeContext.java:266) at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeContext.rename(PartialCompositeContext.java:255) at javax.naming.InitialContext.rename(InitialContext.java:395) at ModifyRDN.main(ModifyRDN.java:22)

Answer 1

i dont now what you code should do, but the exception told you you put in only

cn=John Smith,ou=Sales

instead of

cn=John Smith,ou=Sales,ou=People

or not?

Answer 2

Error Code 32 is the object not found, or bad DN path error. You need to give it a real and valid DN to use.

Did you santize the output such that the error line: remaining name 'cn=name1 name2,ou=mycompany' changed the values, or is that the real error code?

It looks odd, as no where else do you reference that path in your code. I note you are using a domain (probably AD) with dc=mydomain,dc=com.

You probably can get away with relative paths, but I doubt it during a rename, where you are changing the RDN, it is important to know exactly what you are changing (and implicitly) to where.