Appendix A Command Line Utilities; Formatting Ldif Entries; Modifying Database Entries Using Ldapmodify - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

This appendix provides instructions for using command line utilities in place of the
user interface screens.
This appendix contains the following sections:
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Formatting LDIF Entries

• HttpServerAdmin (Virtual Server Administration)
Formatting LDIF Entries
LDIF consists of one or more directory entries separated by a blank line. Each LDIF
entry consists of an optional entry ID, a required distinguished name, one or more
object classes, and multiple attribute definitions.
For information about formatting LDIF entries, see the Netscape Directory Server
Command and File Reference.

Modifying Database Entries Using ldapmodify

You use the
Directory Server database.
using the distinguished name and password you supply, and modifies the entries
based on LDIF update statements contained in a specified file. Because
uses LDIF update statements,
do.
For more information about command-line utilities used with Directory Server
database entries, see the Directory Server Command and File Reference.
Command Line Utilities
command-line utility to modify entries in an existing
ldapmodify
ldapmodify
ldapmodify
opens a connection to the specified server
can do everything that
Appendix A
ldapmodify
can
ldapdelete
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