LDAP Shell Commands :: ldapmodify

Description

Ldapmodify opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds and modifies entries with information read from a file (-f option) or from the standard input.

Syntax

ldapmodify

[-a] [-c] [-S file] [-n] [-v] [-k]
[-K] [-M[M]] [-d debuglevel] [-D binddn]
[-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri]
[-h ldaphost] [-p ldapport] [-P 2|3]
[-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q]
[-U authcid] [-R realm] [-x]
[-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] [-f file]

-c	Continuous operation mode. If an error is found when an entry is being modified, it is reported, but ldapmodify will continue.
-h ldaphost	Specifies an alternate host on which the LDAP server is running
-p ldapport	Specifies the TCP port where LDAP server is listening
-D binddn	Binddn is the distinguished name used to bind to the LDAP server
-w passwd	Use passwd as the password for simple authentication
-f file	Read the modification information from file.

Example

The following command:

ldapmodify -c -h 10.63.3.200 -p 1389
-D "cn=SalesManager, ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=com"
-w abc123 -f /tmp/Modifies.info

will try to apply modifications described in "/tmp/Modifies.info" file in the LDAP server in host 10.63.3.200 listening on port 1389 binding as "cn=SalesManager...".

Result

If the contents of "/tmp/Modifies.info" are:

dn: did=2002090100004,ou=products,dc=mycompany,dc=com
changetype: modify
replace: price
price: 500
-
delete: memorySize
-
add: provider
provider: IBM

dn: did=2003051000004,ou=products,dc=mycompany,dc=com
changetype: delete

Two entries in the LDAP server are modified. The second one is deleted, and the first one has its memorySize attribute removed, its price attribute changed to 500 and a new attribute called provider added with "IBM" as value.

Errors modifying an entry result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.

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