HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 configuration, command, and file reference

nsUniqueIdGenerator This sets whether to generate a unique ID for the imported entries. By
default, this attribute generates time-based IDs.
DescriptionParameter
cn=task_name, cn=import, cn=tasks, cn=config
Entry DN
none (no unique ID) |
empty (time-based ID) |
deterministic namespace (name-based ID)
Valid Values
emptyDefault Value
Case-insensitive stringSyntax
nsUniqueIdGenerator:Example
nsUniqueIdGeneratorNamespace This attributes defines how to generate name-based IDs; the
attribute sets the namespace to use to generate the IDs. This option is useful to import the same
LDIF file into two Directory Server instances when the entries need to have the same IDs.
DescriptionParameter
cn=task_name, cn=import, cn=tasks, cn=config
Entry DN
Any stringValid Values
Default Value
Case-insensitive stringSyntax
nsUniqueIdGeneratorNamespace: exampleExample
2.3.14.3 cn=export,cn=tasks,cn=config
A database or multiple databases can be exported through the command line by creating a special
task entry which defines the parameters of the task and initiates the task. As soon as the task is
complete, the task entry it removed from the directory.
The cn=export entry is a container entry for export task operations. The cn=export entry
itself has no attributes, but each of the task entries within this entry, such as cn=task_ID,
cn=export, cn=tasks, cn=config, uses the following attributes to define the export task.
An export task entry under cn=export must contain the name of the database to export (in the
“nsInstance” attribute) and the name of the LDIF file to write the output to (in the “nsFilename”
attribute). Additionally, it must contain a unique cn to identify the task. For example:
dn: cn=example export, cn=export, cn=tasks, cn=config
objectclass: nsDirectoryServerTask
cn: example export
nsInstance: userRoot
nsFilename: /home/files/example.ldif
As the export operation runs, the task entry will contain all the server-generated task attributes
listed in “Task invocation attributes for entries under cn=tasks”.
There are some optional attributes which can be used to refine the export operation, similar to
the options for the db2ldif and db2ldif.pl scripts:
• “nsIncludeSuffix”, analagous to the -s option, to specify the suffixes to include in the
exported LDIF files
• “nsExcludeSuffix”, analagous to the -x option, to exclude the specified suffixes from the
exported LDIF files
• “nsUseOneFile”, analagous to the -M option, to break up the exported suffixes into individual
LDIF files
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