"ldap_add: Type Or Value Exists" When Trying To Add New Groups To OID (Doc ID 1525070.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 16, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

Attempting to add new groups to OID using ldapadd with ldif file fails with

"ldap_add: Type Or Value Exists"

Setting level 1 (heavy trace debug) in OID results in ldap 20 error in OID logs.

Example:

BEGIN
2013/01/29:23:07:21 * ServerWorker (REG):6
  ConnID:103 * mesgID:2 * OpID:1 * OpName:add         
  ConnIP:172.17.3.45 ConnDN: cn=orcladmin
 INFO : gslfadADoAdd * dn (cn=<GROUPNAME>,cn=portal.xxxxxxx.xxxxxx,cn=groups,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com)
23:07:21 * gslfadADoAdd:conn=103 op=1 ADD dn="cn=<GROUPNAME>,cn=portal.xxxxxxx.xxxxxx,cn=groups,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com"
23:07:21 * INFO : gsleswrASndResult2 RESULT = 20 nentries=0
END

(Ldif file was created from a ldapsearch dump from original OID server)

Example of ldif file:

cn=<GROUPNAME>,cn=portal.xxxxxxx.xxxxxx,cn=groups,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com
objectclass=groupofUniqueNames
objectclass=orclGroup
objectclass=top
owner=cn=portal,cn=users,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com
displayname=<GROUPNAME>
cn=<GROUPNAME>
description=<GROUPNAME>
uniquemember=cn=<GROUP1>,cn=portal.xxxxxxx.xxxxxx,cn=groups,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com
uniquemember=cn=<GROUP1>,cn=portal.xxxxxxx.xxxxxx,cn=groups,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com
uniquemember=cn=portal,cn=users,dc=<COMPANY>,dc=com  

Cause

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