Renaming An Entry With A Single-Valued Naming Attribute - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Solving Common Replication Conflicts
NOTE
For more information on the
From the Command Line," on page 54 and Netscape Directory Server Configuration,
Command, and File Reference.

Renaming an Entry with a Single-Valued Naming Attribute

To rename an entry that has a single-valued naming attribute:
Rename the entry using a different naming attribute, and keep the old RDN.
1.
For example:
prompt% ldapmodify -D adminDN -w passwd
>dn: nsuniqueid=66446001-1dd211b2+dc=pubs,dc=example,dc=com
>changetype: modrdn
>newrdn: cn=TempValue
>deleteoldrdn: 0
Remove the old RDN value of the naming attribute, and the conflict marker
2.
attribute. For example:
prompt% ldapmodify -D adminDN -w passwd
>dn: cn=TempValue,dc=example,dc=com
>changetype: modify
>delete: dc
>dc: pubs
>-
>delete: nsds5ReplConflict
>-
NOTE
332 Netscape Directory Server Administrator's Guide • August 2002
You cannot delete the unique identifier attribute
ldapmodify
You cannot delete the unique identifier attribute
nsuniqueid
command, refer to "Managing Entries
nsuniqueid
.
.