NIS+ to LDAP Migration Guide

Command and Tool Reference

NIS+ to LDAP Migration Scripts

Chapter 344

ldapsearch

You use the ldapsearch command-line utility to locate and retrieve

LDAP directory entries. This utility opens a connection to the speciﬁed

server using the speciﬁed distinguished name and password, and locates

entries based on the speciﬁed search ﬁlter. Search results are returned in

LDIF format. For details, see the Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX

Administrator’s Guide available at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet.

ldapmodify

You use the ldapmodify command-line utility to modify entries in an

existing LDAP directory. ldapmodify opens a connection to the speciﬁed

server using the distinguished name and password you supply, and

modiﬁes the entries based on the LDIF update statements contained in a

speciﬁed ﬁle. Because ldapmodify uses LDIF update statements,

ldapmodify can do everything ldapdelete can do. For details, see the

Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX Administrator’s Guide available at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet.

ldapdelete

You use the ldapdelete command-line utility to delete entries from an

existing LDAP directory. ldapdelete opens a connection to the speciﬁed

server using the distinguished name and password you provide, and

deletes the entry or entries. For details, see the Netscape Directory Server

for HP-UX Administrator’s Guide available at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/internet.

NIS+ to LDAP Migration Scripts

HP recommends that NIS+ database ﬁles are migrated to the Netscape

Directory Server. The LDAP-UX Integration product B.04.00 provides

NIS+ to LDAP migration scripts to accomplish the task in an automated

way.

This section describes the shell and perl scripts you use to migrate your

NIS+ data from the NIS+ server to your LDAP directory. These scripts

are found in /opt/ldapux/migrate/nisplusmigration. The shell