Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

Retro Changelog Entry”.
Attribute Definition
changeNumber This single-valued attribute is always present.
It contains an integer which uniquely identifies
each change. This number is related to the
order in which the change occurred. The
higher the number, the later the change.
targetDN This attribute contains the DN of the entry that
was affected by the LDAP operation. In the
case of a modrdn operation, the targetDN
attribute contains the DN of the entry before it
was modified or moved.
changeType Specifies the type of LDAP operation. This
attribute can have a value of add, delete,
modify, or modrdn.
changes For add and modify operations, contains the
changes made to the entry in LDIF format.
newRDN In the case of modrdn operations, specifies
the new RDN of the entry.
deleteOldRdn In the case of modrdn operations, specifies
whether the old RDN was deleted.
newSuperior In the case of modrdn operations, specifies
the newSuperior attribute of the entry.
Table 8.5. Attributes of a Retro Changelog Entry
This section contains information on the following retro changelog items:
• Section 16.1, “Enabling the Retro Changelog Plug-in”
• Section 16.2, “Trimming the Retro Changelog”
• Section 16.3, “Searching and Modifying the Retro Changelog”
• Section 16.4, “Retro Changelog and the Access Control Policy”
16.1. Enabling the Retro Changelog Plug-in
The retro changelog plug-in configuration information is stored in the cn=Retro Changelog
Plugin,cn=plugins,cn=config entry in dse.ldif. To enable the retro changelog plug-in from
the command-line, do the following:
Enabling the Retro Changelog Plug-in
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