[Kolab-devel] [issue1284] Problems when re-adding address book entries

[T. Ribbrock]

New submission from T. Ribbrock <admin_slox-e at itsef.com>:

Kolab 2.0.3:
I ran into two problems with the address book:

Case 1:
When I try to re-add a deleted address book entry, I get the following error:

"User, vCard or distribution list with this email address already exists"

If I run "slapcat" on the Kolab sever, the deleted entry is nowhere to be found
in the output. As far as I can see, this happens only if the entry is or was
(sic!) on a distribution list. In one case, I removed the entry from a
distribution list, deleted the entry and was not able to re-add (i.e. same
e-mail address) the entry afterwards. Even a restart of Kolab did not help. I
had to remove the distribution list completely, then re-add the address book
entry, then re-create the distribution list.

Case 2:
I add an address book entry and do not add it to a distribution list. I then
delete the entry again. After some time (at least after the "waiting for
deletion" has vanished from the list), I re-add the same entry, which works.
However, when I try to "modify" or "delete" this re-added entry, I get the
following error message:

Error: Multiple results returned for DN cn=Maria
Mustermann,cn=external,dc=our,dc=domain

slapcat only shows *one* entry in its output. To resolve this, I have to
re-start the Kolab server - only then can I modify or delete the entry.


I only discovered this because I ran into some problems where I was no longer
able to *modify* address book entries (getting the same error as above), so I
tried deleting and re-adding. However, the modifying problem seems more
difficult to reproduce.


In some cases, the error does not occur and the new entry gets accepted,
however, the next time I try "Modify" on that entry, I get this error:

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messages: 7759
nosy: itsef_admin
priority: bug
status: unread
title: Problems when re-adding address book entries
topic: web admin
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