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Note that if you already have one CA entry created in the publishing directory and
if you change the value assigned to the
something different, but with the same UID and O attributes, the mapper will fail
to create the second CA entry. For example, if the directory already has a CA entry
with
UID=CA,OU=Marketing,O=example.com
create another CA entry with
operation will fail.
The reason for the failure may be because you are using a directory (for example,
the configuration directory) that has the uid uniqueness plug-in set to a specific base
DN in the
slapd.ldbm.conf
two entries with the same UID under that base DN. For example, it prevents the
directory from having two entries under
If the mapper fails to create a second CA entry, be sure to check the base DN that
the uid uniqueness plug-in is set to (in the
an entry with the same UID already exists in the directory. If it's true, adjust the
mapper setting, remove the old CA entry, comment out the plug-in, or create the
entry manually using the CMS window.
During installation, the Certificate Manager automatically creates two instances
(called mappers) of the CA certificate mapper module (see Figure 5-2). The
mappers are named as follows:
for CRLs (see "LdapCrlMap Mapper" on page 254)
LdapCrlMap
for CA certificates (see "LdapCaCertMap Mapper" on
LdapCaCertMap
page 254)
Figure 5-2
Default mappers created during installation
dnPattern
and if you configure the mapper to
UID=CA,OU=Engineering,O=example.com
file. This setting prevents the directory from having
O=example.com
slapd.ldbm.conf
LdapCaSimpleMap Plug-in Module
parameter of this mapper to
with the same UID,
file) and also check if
Chapter 5
Mapper Plug-in Modules
, the
.
CA
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