Renaming An Entry With A Single-Valued Naming Attribute - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Solving Common Replication Conflicts

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 password
>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 password
>dn: cn=TempValue,dc=example,dc=com
>changetype: modify
>delete: dc
>dc: pubs
>-
>delete: nsds5ReplConflict
>-
NOTE
Rename the entry with the intended attribute-value pair. For example:
3.
prompt> ldapmodify -D adminDN -w password
>dn: cn=TempValue,dc=example,dc=com
>changetype: modrdn
>newrdn: dc=NewValue
>deleteoldrdn: 1
By setting the value of the
temporary attribute-value pair
you can set the value of the
For more information on the
From the Command Line" on page 55 and Netscape Directory Server Configuration,
Command, and File Reference.
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You cannot delete the unique identifier attribute
deleteoldrdn
deleteoldrdn
ldapmodify
attribute to 1, you delete the
. If you want to keep this attribute,
cn=TempValue
attribute to
command, refer to "Managing Entries
.
nsuniqueid
.
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