Command-Line Utilities Quick Reference - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 Configuration Manual

Command-Line Utilities Quick Reference

CAUTION
Command-Line Utilities Quick Reference
Table 7-1
Command-line utility
ldapsearch
ldapmodify
ldapdelete
ldif
CAUTION Directory Server ldap utilities are not to be confused with the Solaris
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In order to execute the command-line utilities you must change to
the directory where the command-line utilities are stored. Although
it is possible to set command-path and library-path variables to
execute the utilities, this is not recommended procedure because you
run the risk, particularly when you have more than one server
version installed, not only of disrupting the correct execution of
other utilities, but also of compromising the security of the system.
The same procedure also applies to the Perl scripts used for
performing routine operations. For further information on these and
other scripts see Chapter 8, "Command-Line Scripts."
Commonly Used Command-Line Utilities
Description
Allows you to search the directory. Returns search results in
LDIF format. For details on this tool, see Appendix B,
"Finding Directory Entries" in the Netscape Directory Server
Administrator's Guide.
Allows you to add, delete, modify, or rename entries. All
operations are specified using LDIF update statements. For
details on this tool, see "Adding and Modifying Entries Using
ldapmodify".
Allows you to delete entries in the directory. For information
on using this utility, see "Deleting Entries Using ldapdelete".
Automatically formats LDIF files for you, and creates base 64
encoded attribute values. For details on this tool, see "Base 64
Encoding".
ldap utilities. If you have Directory Server installed on a Solaris
machine, the ldap man pages you can access are for the Solaris ldap
utilities and NOT for Directory Server ldap utilities.