Re: What's wrong with this code?

John Perkins wrote:
> On 02/17/2011 03:04 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote:
>> Okay guys, I need another pair of eyes to try find an error in my code.
>> Can any of you see anything wrong with this bit of code?
>>
>> $mesg = $entry->add('objectClass' =>  'ntUser',
>>         'ntUserDomainId' =>  $ntUserDomainId,
>>         'ntUserHomeDir' =>  "\\\\host.tld\\home\\$ntUserDomainId"
>>         );
>>
>> .
>>
>> When I run my program, I get this error:
>>
>> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
>> ./add_nt_attribs.pl line 120,<STDIN>  line 1.
>> Use of uninitialized value in length at
>> /usr/local/perl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Convert/ASN1/_encode.pm line
>> 143,<STDIN>  line 1.
>> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
>> /usr/local/perl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Convert/ASN1/_encode.pm line
>> 144,<STDIN>  line 1.
>> ntUserDomainId: value #0 invalid per syntax at
>> /usr/local/perl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/Net/LDAP/Entry.pm line 268
>>
>> $entry already exists in LDAP, and I'm just trying to add this new
>> objectClass and related attributes to the entry. Am I doing this the
>> wrong way?
>>
>> Should I be using a function other than entry->add(), like
>> $ldap->modify()?
>>
> 
> You might want to try splitting that into 3 separate $entry->add() calls
> to see if you can narrow down which value it is having issues with.
> 
> John
> 

John,

I effectively did that by commenting out lines 1 and 2 individually and
simultaneously with no dice. When I comment them both out, I get the
error that objectClass ntUser requires the attribute ntUserDomainId, so
I think at least those two must be added together.


-- 
Prentice