Adding new object classes to an entry removes the old ones

• Key: DIRSERVER-335
• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Alex Karasulu
• Reporter: Stefan Zoerner

Environment

Server: ApacheDS 0.9.1 on Windows XP
java version "1.5.0_03"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_03-b07)

Client: Windows XP
Command line tool ldapadd (from IBM Tivoli Directory Server)
or Softerra LDAP Administrator 3.2

Description

If additional objectclasses are added to an existing entry by a client, the old ones are lost.
 e.g. applying the following LDIF to ApacheDS

--8<--

# create an entry for a person
#
dn: cn=Tori Amos,ou=system
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
cn: Tori Amos
sn: Amos
description: an American singer-songwriter

# add objectclasses and uid
#
dn: cn=Tori Amos,ou=system
changetype: modify
add: objectclass
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
-
add: uid
uid: tamos
-

-->8--

leaves an entry behind with only two (instead of all for objectclasses):

$ ldapadd -p 10389 -D uid=admin,ou=system -w *** -f addAndModifyObjectClasses.ldif
adding new entry cn=Tori Amos,ou=system

modifying entry cn=Tori Amos,ou=system

$ ldapsearch -p 10389 -b "ou=system" "(cn=Tori Amos)"
cn=Tori Amos,ou=system
sn=Amos
objectclass=inetOrgPerson
objectclass=organizationalPerson
cn=Tori Amos
uid=tamos
description=an American singer-songwriter

---

Expected result would be:

cn=Tori Amos,ou=system
sn=Amos
objectclass=top
objectclass=person
objectclass=inetOrgPerson
objectclass=organizationalPerson
cn=Tori Amos
uid=tamos
description=an American singer-songwriter