Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 700

Example 36.10 Modified LDIF File tux.ldif
# coworker Tux
dn: cn=Tux Linux,ou=devel,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
replace: telephoneNumber
telephoneNumber: +49 1234 567-10
Import the modified file into the LDAP directory with the following command:
ldapmodify -x -D cn=Administrator,dc=example,dc=com -W -f tux.ldif
Alternatively, pass the attributes to change directly to ldapmodify. The procedure
for this is described below:
1 Start ldapmodify and enter your password:
2 Enter the changes while carefully complying with the syntax in the order presented
Find detailed information about ldapmodify and its syntax in the ldapmodify
man page.
36.4.3 Searching or Reading Data from an
OpenLDAP provides, with ldapsearch, a command line tool for searching data
within an LDAP directory and reading data from it. A simple query would have the
following syntax:
ldapsearch -x -b dc=example,dc=com "(objectClass=*)"
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ldapmodify -x -D cn=Administrator,dc=example,dc=com -W
Enter LDAP password:
below:
dn: cn=Tux Linux,ou=devel,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
replace: telephoneNumber
telephoneNumber: +49 1234 567-10
LDAP Directory