Re: ldapmodify

["Mike O'Rourke" <mjoop@curia.op.org>]

>Misty Stanley-Jones <misty@borkholder.com> 08/18/04 05:51pm 
>I am still working on this.  I've tried with and without dashes.  I've
tried 
>with and without the -a switch of ldapmodify.  I've tried dn: 
>cn=<x>,dc=<y>,dc=<z>, I've tried using uid= instead of cn=.  I think I
might 
>be running into some compatibility issue because I'm using openldap
2.2.6.  
>If anyone knows some tutorial about ldapmodify I would be really
grateful.  I 
>have RTFM, and my syntax really seems to be exactly what is mentioned
there!
>
>Frustratedly yours,
>Misty
>\

Hi Misty,

- What is in the LDIF file above the entry for Joe Schmo?
- Is Joe's the last entry in the LDIF file? (If so, is there at least
one blank line after it?)
- What does Joe's current (unmodified) LDAP entry look like (of course,
without divulging any private info)?

Mike

>On Monday 16 August 2004 06:44, Peter Marschall wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> please stay on the list !
>>
>
>> They aren't entries but attributes of an entry that get updated.
>>
>> The fact that you add the objectclass containing these attributes
tells
>> that these attributes aren't present in the entry.
>> Using replace instead of add does no harm here since replace changes
all
>> values of the attribute to those listed in the LDIF file.
>>
>
>> AFAICT yes but you need to have ha plain LDIF file without the
>> changetype: line. In this case the option -a for ldapmodify adds
>> the attribute values instead of replacing them
>>
>> I.e. without -a the entry
>>
>>   dn: cn=Joe Schmo,ou=people,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>>   uid: joe
>>   userPassword: {crypt}7FZxyiS7L2E9I
>>
>> is equivalent to
>>
>>   dn: cn=Joe Schmo,ou=people,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>>   changetype: modify
>>   replace: uid
>>   uid: joe
>>   -
>>   replace: userPassword
>>   userPassword: {crypt}7FZxyiS7L2E9I
>>
>> while with -a it is equivalent to
>>
>>   dn: cn=Joe Schmo,ou=people,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>>   changetype: modify
>>   add: uid
>>   uid: joe
>>   -
>>   add: userPassword
>>   userPassword: {crypt}7FZxyiS7L2E9I
>>
>> Peter