Re: Change directory base/ suffix dynamically?

[Syahrul Sazli Shaharir <sazli@myjaring.net>]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, John C.Y. Lee wrote:

> If I got unknown number (probably up to 10,000 or more) of entries under
> a domain (say o=abc.com), and I want to change them to a different
> domain (say dc=abc,dc=com), what is the shortest (easiest) way to do so?
>
> Using alias will keep the original domain, which I don't intend to. The
> method "modrdn" can specify new superior, but can only modify rdn
> instead of dn. I could slapcat all entries, use sed to modify them, then
> slapadd back. But it really looks stupid.

Hmm.. I don't know why you think it's stupid: that's what I usually do for
bulk changes, since slapcat -> script-on-ldif -> slapadd is by far the
fastest and idiot-proof way (especially for 2.1.x or later, and
considering you have only around 10,000 entries).

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