ADSI Edit "A Referral was returned from the server"

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Andy Gibbs

I am trying to delete an invalid object in active directory. I have tried
to use metadata cleanup but I cannot delete this certain line. When I try
to use ldap.exe or ADSIedit to delete the attribute I get the error: "A
referral was returned from the server" and the entry will not delete. How
can I force this attribute to delete?

Thanks in advance

Andy
 
Dear Andy,

Thank you for your post.

What object are you trying to remove? Based on my research, this error may
occur when trying to a non-existing domain. Please check the following KB
article to see if you are encountering the same issue:

274424 You Cannot Use ADSI Edit or Ldp.exe to Remove a Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274424

I hope the above information helps. Thanks and have a nice day!

Regards,
Joe Wu
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation

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|Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory
|Subject: ADSI Edit "A Referral was returned from the server"
|Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:06:05 +0100
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|I am trying to delete an invalid object in active directory. I have tried
|to use metadata cleanup but I cannot delete this certain line. When I try
|to use ldap.exe or ADSIedit to delete the attribute I get the error: "A
|referral was returned from the server" and the entry will not delete. How
|can I force this attribute to delete?
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|Thanks in advance
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|Andy
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