Ns-Slapd (Unix); Slapd.exe (Windows Nt); Finding And Executing The Ns-Slapd And Slapd.exe Command-Line Utilities - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 Configuration Manual

Finding and Executing the ns-slapd and slapd.exe Command-Line Utilities

ns-slapd (UNIX)

ns-slapd
to build a directory database from an LDIF file, or to convert an existing database
to an LDIF file. For more information on starting and stopping the Directory
Server, importing from LDIF using the command line, and exporting to LDIF using
the command line, see Chapter 4, "Populating Directory Databases" in the Netscape
Directory Server Administrator's Guide.

slapd.exe (Windows NT)

slapd.exe
NOTE
Finding and Executing the ns-slapd and
slapd.exe Command-Line Utilities
The
ns-slapd
/usr/netscape/servers/bin/slapd/server/ns-slapd
and the
\usr\netscape\servers\bin\slapd\server\slapd.exe
Do not mistake
Windows NT.
CAUTION
244 Netscape Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference • January 2002
is used on a Unix operating system to start the directory server process,
is the ns-slapd Windows NT equivalent
You must stop the server before running the
command-line utilities.
slapd.exe
command line utilities are stored under
command line utilities are stored under
slapd.exe
ns-slapd.exe
In order to execute the command line utilities you must change
directory 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 process watchdog, for
slapd
and
ns-slapd
on
slapd.exe