Anyone had this problem? I am importing text from a file, using uuidgen to create a new uuid - but when I try to do the $entry->update, the script hangs.

I tried debug=>'4' on the ldap server connection and saw some weirdness - not all the text from my entry data was showing up in the output. So I tried to add an entry with just 'objectClass' => 'top'.. and that worked! However, as soon as I try to add even 'cn', the whole thing hangs again. Printing out the entry in LDIF format using Net::LDAP::LDIF yields a working entry that can be added to the ldap server. Also, I'm able to successfully modify or add attributes to existing entries on the server. Here's a stripped down version of the script that hangs.

The input file looks like: 

FowlerActivity,Fowler Activity Directors,{MD5}laksdfjjkdkd==

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Script is: 

use Carp;
use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Entry;

my $server = "ldap";
my $searchstring = "objectClass=*"; 

my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($server, debug =>4);
my $mesg = $ldap->bind( 'cn=admin,dc=ldap',
            password => 'secret');

$mesg->is_error && warn $mesg->error, "\n";

my $filename = shift;

open (FILE, "$filename") || croak "can't open file $filename: $?";

my %misc = ();

while (<FILE>) {
    chomp;
    my @items = split(',');

    my $uuid = `/usr/bin/uuidgen`;
    chomp $uuid;
    $misc{$uuid} = \@items;
}

foreach my $u (keys %misc) {

    my $fullname = $misc{$u}->[1];
    my ($firstname, $lastname) = split(' ', $fullname, 2);
    chomp $lastname;

    my $dn = "cn=" . $u . ",ou=Misc,dc=ldap";

    $entry = new Net::LDAP::Entry->new;
    $entry->dn($dn);
    $entry->add(
        'objectClass' => "person",
        'cn' => $u,
        'sn' => $lastname,
        );

    my $result = $entry->update($ldap);
    $result->code && warn "couldn't add $dn: ", $result->error;
   
}

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In reply to Net::LDAP::Entry->update hangs by selena

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