In section "OpenLDAP permissions" document have mistake. Code listing 4.2 states that user John have write permission only to userPassword and own attributes, but in text below: "This example gives root and John access to read/write/search for everything in the the tree below dc=genfic,dc=com." In included patch I fixed this. Also some parts has been refreshed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Created attachment 220599 [details, diff] ldap-howto.xml.patch
Thanks. I used your patch, then went through the rest of the guide and fixed some more errors in the code samples. Fixed.