When dirsrv user doesn't have permissions to access the file /tmp/test.ldif, dsctl shows successful with skipped entries. 


[root@master ~]# ll /tmp/test.ldif 
-rw-------. 1 root root 587908 Jul 22 15:37 /tmp/test.ldif
[root@master ~]# 
[root@master ~]# 



[root@master ~]# dsctl -v IPA-TEST ldif2db userroot /tmp/test.ldif 
DEBUG: The 389 Directory Server Administration Tool
DEBUG: Inspired by works of: ITS, The University of Adelaide
DEBUG: Called with: Namespace(verbose=True, instance='IPA-TEST', json=False, list=False, remove_all=False, backend='userroot', ldif='/tmp/test.ldif', encrypted=False, func=<function dbtasks_ldif2db at 0x7f73c5c23550>)
DEBUG: Allocate local instance <class 'lib389.DirSrv'> with None
DEBUG: Instance allocated
DEBUG: OK group dirsrv exists
DEBUG: OK user dirsrv exists
DEBUG: systemd status -> True
DEBUG: Command: /usr/sbin/ns-slapd ldif2db -D /etc/dirsrv/slapd-IPA-TEST -i /tmp/test.ldif -n userroot skipped import entry warning 8
WARNING: ldif2db successful with skipped entries



We see above error like "ldif2db successful with skipped entries" 


And when I check error logs, I can see below : 


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[22/Jul/2025:15:38:25.329928778 -0400] - INFO - bdb_public_bdb_import_main - import userRoot: Beginning import job...
[22/Jul/2025:15:38:25.348968813 -0400] - INFO - bdb_public_bdb_import_main - import userRoot: Index buffering enabled with bucket size 57
[22/Jul/2025:15:38:25.550071986 -0400] - ERR - bdb_import_producer - import userRoot: Could not open LDIF file "/tmp/test.ldif", errno 13 (Permission denied)
[22/Jul/2025:15:38:25.570245497 -0400] - ERR - bdb_import_run_pass - import userRoot: Thread monitoring returned: -23
~~~~

dsctl command should display the error on terminal directly : 
 
"Could not open LDIF file "/tmp/test.ldif", errno 13 (Permission denied)"