HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 Administrator (766147-001, March 2014)

3 Creating Directory Entries

This chapter discusses how to use the Directory Server Console and the ldapmodify and

ldapdelete command line utilities to modify the contents of your directory.

Entries stored in Active Directory can be added to the Directory Server through Windows Sync;

For more information on adding or modifying synchronized entries through Windows User Sync,

see “Synchronizing Directory Server with Microsoft Active Directory” (page 392).

The topics include:

• “Managing Entries from the Directory Console” (page 97)

• “Managing Entries from the Command line” (page 112)

• “Tracking Modifications to Directory Entries” (page 116)

• “LDIF Update Statements” (page 121)

• “Maintaining Referential Integrity” (page 127)

• “Assigning and Managing Unique Numeric Attribute Values” (page 133)

• “Enforcing Attribute Uniqueness” (page 139)

Managing Entries from the Directory Console

You can use the Directory tab and the Property Editor on the Directory Server Console to add,

modify, or delete entries individually.

To add several entries simultaneously, use the command line utilities described in “Managing

Entries from the Directory Console” (page 97).

• “Creating a root entry” (page 97)

• “Creating directory entries” (page 99)

• “Modifying directory entries” (page 102)

• “Deleting directory entries” (page 111)

NOTE:

You cannot modify your directory unless the appropriate access control rules have been set. For

information on creating access control rules for your directory, see “Managing Access Control”

(page 233).

Creating a root entry

Each time a new database is created, it is associated with the suffix that will be stored in the

database. The directory entry representing that suffix is not automatically created.

To create a root entry for a database:

1. In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.

2. Right-click on the Data entry in the left menu, and select New Root Suffix from the menu.

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