LDAP error codes

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ERROR CODE LDAPEXCEPTION CONSTANT POSSIBLE CAUSE(S)
0 SUCCESS The operation completed successfully
1 OPERATION_ERROR Invalid syntax for ACI or schema, or inappropriate control for the operation
2 PROTOCOL_ERROR Invalid filter expression on search, or DN on add, modify, or delete
3 TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED Either the server’s or the client’s specified search time limit was exceeded
4 SIZE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED Either the server’s or the client’s specified limit on number of search results was exceeded
5 COMPARE_FALSE A compare operation returns mismatch
6 COMPARE_TRUE A compare operation returns match
7 AUTH_METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED The server does not support the requested authentication method
8 STRONG_AUTH_REQUIRED The server requires an authentication method stronger than unencrypted user name and password
9 LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS The client has bound with LDAPv2, or the server supports only LDAPv2, and the base DN specified by the client is not among the naming contexts of the server
10 REFERRAL The server is configured to return a referral or search reference when an operation is directed toward this DN
11 ADMIN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED To satisfy the search request, the server would need to process too many entries; the search may need to be narrowed, or the server’s look-through limit raised
12 UNAVAILABLE_CRITICAL_EXTENSION A control was provided with the request; the control was tagged as critical, but the server doesn’t support it
13 CONFIDENTIALITY_REQUIRED .
14 SASL_BIND_IN_PROGRESS SASL authentication is being negotiated between the client and the server
16 NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE An attribute to be modified or deleted was not present in the entry
17 UNDEFINED_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE .
18 INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING .
19 CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION Invalid attribute for this entry, or new password does not meet password policy requirements
20 ATTRIBUTE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS Attempt to add an identical attribute value to an existing one
21 INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_SYNTAX .
32 NO_SUCH_OBJECT Attempt to bind with a nonexistent DN, to search with a nonexistent base DN, or to modify or delete a nonexistent DN
33 ALIAS_PROBLEM .
34 INVALID_DN_SYNTAX Invalid DN or RDN specified on adding an entry or modifying an RDN
35 IS_LEAF .
36 ALIAS_DEREFERENCING_PROBLEM .
48 INAPPROPRIATE_AUTHENTICATION .
49 INVALID_CREDENTIALS Invalid password or other credentials supplied on bind
50 INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS_RIGHTS .
51 BUSY .
52 UNAVAILABLE Returned by SDK if server is not accessible
53 UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM User not allowed to change password, password expired, operation not implemented (moddn), attempt to modify read-only attribute, attempt to delete all schema elements, attempt to delete an object class that has derived object classes, attempt to delete a read-only schema element, the database is read-only, no back end (database) is available for the operation, or other uncategorized error
54 LOOP_DETECT .
64 NAMING_VIOLATION .
65 OBJECT_CLASS_VIOLATION Invalid attribute specified for modify operation on an entry
66 NOT_ALLOWED_ON_NONLEAF Attempt to delete an entry that has child nodes
67 NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN .
68 ENTRY_ALREADY_EXISTS .
69 OBJECT_CLASS_MODS_PROHIBITED .
71 AFFECTS_MULTIPLE_DSAS .
80 OTHER .
81 SERVER_DOWN SDK could not connect to server
89 PARAM_ERROR No modifications on a modify operation, no attributes on an add operation, invalid scope or empty search filter on search, or other invalid argument to an SDK method
91 CONNECT_ERROR SDK reports unexpected error connecting to server
92 LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED .
93 CONTROL_NOT_FOUND .
94 NO_RESULTS_RETURNED .
95 MORE_RESULTS_TO_RETURN .
96 CLIENT_LOOP .
97 REFERRAL_LIMIT_EXCEEDED SDK reports hop limit exceeded on referral processing