Renaming An Entry Using Ldif - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: example.com Bolivia\, S.A.
dn: cn=Carla Flores,ou=example.com Bolivia\, S.A.,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Carla Flores
givenName: Carla
sn: Flores
ou: example.com Bolivia\, S.A.
uid: cflores

Renaming an Entry Using LDIF

Use
changetype:modrdn
An entry's RDN is the left-most element in the distinguished name. Therefore, the
RDN for:
cn=Barry Nixon,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
is:
cn=Barry Nixon
And the RDN for:
ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
is:
ou=People
Therefore, this rename operation allows you to change the left-most value in an
entry's distinguished name.
For example, the entry
cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
can be modified to be:
cn=Susan Jacobs,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
but it cannot be modified to be:
cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=old employees,dc=example,dc=com
to change an entry's relative distinguished name (RDN).
LDIF Update Statements
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