Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 - COMMAND-LINE Manual page 34

How the Tool Works
Examples of output follow:
Processing: cn=QA Managers,ou=employees,o=siroe.com
Adding new pin/password
dn:cn=QA Managers,ou=employees,o=siroe.com
pin:lDWynV
status:notwritten
Processing: cn=PD Managers,ou=employees,o=siroe.com
Adding new pin/password
dn:cn=PD Managers,ou=employees,o=siroe.com
pin:G69uV7
status:notwritten
Because the PIN Generator makes a lot of changes to your directory, it is important
that you specify the correct filter; otherwise, you may change the wrong entries. As
a safeguard, a
directory after you verify the output; the tool doesn't make any changes to the
directory until you specify the
The output also contains the status of each entry in the directory. It can be one of
the values specified in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1 PIN Generator status
Exit code
notwritten
writefailed
added
replaced
notreplaced
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option is provided that you use to enable writing to the
write
Description
Specifies that the PINs were not written to the directory, because the write
option was not specified on the command line.
Specifies that the tool made an attempt to modify the directory, but the write
operation was unsuccessful.
Specifies that the tool added the new PIN to directory successfully.
Specifies that the tool replaced an old PIN with a new one (the clobber option
was specified).
Specifies that the tool did not replace the old PIN with a new one (the clobber
option was not specified).
option on the command line.
write