Tanja Ertl wrote:
> Hi Emmanuel,
>
> We found the problem: It was caused by a ldif file containing groups with a member attribute with an empty string: 
>
> dn: cn=emptyGroup,ou=users,dc=example, dc=com
> objectClass: groupOfNames
> objectClass: top
> cn: emptyGroup
> member:
>
> During startup, the file was loaded and the groups were created without complaining. But as soon as ApacheDS was restarted for the first time, it started to throw the NPEs.
>
> We have eliminated that groups now and the NPE is gone.
>   
I have tested the ldif on ADS 1.5.4 SNAPSHOT, and I don't get an error. 
Here are the steps I'm wollowing :
- I inject the entry using Studio
- I shutdwon the server
- I start the server again
- And I read the entry : np

Do I miss something ?

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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
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