Command-Line Utilities Quick Reference - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 Configuration Manual

Command-Line Utilities Quick Reference

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Command-Line Utilities Quick Reference
Table 7-1 provides a summary of the command-line utilites provided for Directory
Server.
Directory Server LDAP utilities are not to be confused with the Solaris LDAP
utilities. If you have Directory Server installed on a Solaris machine, the LDAP
utility manpages you can access are for the Solaris LDAP utilities and not for the
Directory Server LDAP utilities,
ldapadd
Table 7-1
Command-line utility
ldapsearch
ldapmodify
ldapdelete
ldif
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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, it is not recommended because you run the risk,
particularly when you have more than one server version installed,
of disrupting the correct execution of other utilities. There's also the
risk of compromising the security of the system.
The same procedure also applies to the Perl scripts discussed in
Chapter 8, "Command-Line Scripts."
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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".
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ldapsearch ldapmodify
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ldapdelete