Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

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A changetype that defines how a specific entry is to be modified (add, delete, modify,
modrdn).
• A series of attributes and their changed values.
A change type is required unless ldapmodify is run with the -a parameter. If you specify the -a
parameter, then an add operation (changetype: add) is assumed. However, any other change
type overrides the -a parameter.
If you specify a modify operation (changetype: modify), a change operation is required that
indicates how the entry should be changed.
If you specify changetype: modrdn, change operations are required that specify how the
relative distinguished name (RDN) is to be modified. A distinguished name's RDN is the
left-most value in the DN. For example, the distinguished name
uid=ssarette,dc=example,dc=com has an RDN of uid=ssarette.
The general format of LDIF update statements is as follows:
dn: distinguished_name
changetype: changetype_identifier
change_operation_identifier: list_of_attributes
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change_operation_identifier: list_of_attributes
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A dash (-) must be used to denote the end of a change operation if subsequent change
operations are specified. For example, the following statement adds the telephone number and
manager attributes to the entry:
dn: cn=Lisa Jangles,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: telephonenumber
telephonenumber: [phone]
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add: manager
manager: cn=Harry Cruise,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
In addition, the line continuation operator is a single space. Therefore, the following two
statements are identical:
dn: cn=Lisa Jangles,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
dn: cn=Lisa Jangles,
ou=People,
dc=example,dc=com
LDIF Update Statements
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