HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 administrator guide

sn: Jacobs
ou: People
ou: Marketing
uid: sjacobs
dn: ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: Groups
dn: cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: groupOfNames
member: cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
member: cn=Pete Minsky,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
cn: Administrators
dn: ou=example.com Bolivia\, S.A.,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: example.com Bolivia\, S.A.
dn: cn=Carla Flores,ou=example.com Bolivia\,S.A.,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Carla Flores
givenName: Carla
sn: Flores
ou: example.com Bolivia\, S.A.
uid: cflores
3.4.2 Renaming an entry using LDIF
changetype: modrdn changes an entry's relative distinguished name (RDN). An entry's RDN
is the leftmost element in the distinguished name. The RDN for cn=Barry
Nixon,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com is cn=Barry Nixon, and the RDN for
ou=People,dc=example,dc=com is ou=People. A changetype: modrdn operation changes
that leftmost value in an entry's DN.
The modrdn change type only changes the RDN; it cannot change other parts of a DN. For
example, the entry cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com can be changed to
cn=Susan Jacobs,ou=People,dc=example,dc=coma, but it cannot be modified to be
cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=old employees,dc=example,dc=com.
The following command renames Sue Jacobs to Susan Jacobs:
dn: cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=Marketing,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modrdn
newrdn: cn=Susan Jacobs
deleteoldrdn: 0
Because deleteoldrdn is 0, this example retains the existing RDN as a value in the new entry.
The resulting entry would therefore have a common name (cn) attribute set to both Sue Jacobs
and Susan Jacobs, in addition to all the other attributes included in the original entry. However,
using the following command causes the server to delete cn=Sue Jacobs, so that only cn=Susan
Jacobs remains in the entry:
dn: cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=Marketing,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modrdn
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