Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

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;

see Chapter 19, Synchronizing Red Hat Directory Server with Microsoft Active Directory for

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

1. 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 Section 1,

“Managing Entries from the Directory Console”.

• Section 1.1, “Creating a Root Entry”

• Section 1.2, “Creating Directory Entries”

• Section 1.3, “Modifying Directory Entries”

• Section 1.4, “Deleting Directory Entries”

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 Chapter 6, Managing Access Control.

1.1. Creating a Root Entry

Each time you create a new database, you associate it 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, do the following:

NOTE

For information on starting the Directory Server Console, see Section 4, “Starting

the Directory Server Console”.

Chapter 2.