Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

The specified attribute is deleted. If more than one value of an attribute exists for the entry,
then all values of the attribute are deleted in the entry. To delete just one of many attribute
values, specify the attribute and associated value on the line following the delete change
operation.
This section contains the following topics:
• Section 4.3.1, “Adding Attributes to Existing Entries Using LDIF”
• Section 4.3.2, “Changing an Attribute Value Using LDIF”
• Section 4.3.3, “Deleting All Values of an Attribute Using LDIF”
• Section 4.3.4, “Deleting a Specific Attribute Value Using LDIF”
4.3.1. Adding Attributes to Existing Entries Using LDIF
Using changetype: modify with the add operation cam add an attribute and an attribute value
to an entry. For example, the following LDIF update statement adds a telephone number to the
entry:
dn: cn=Barney Fife,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: telephonenumber
telephonenumber: 555-1212
The following example adds two telephone numbers to the entry:
dn: cn=Barney Fife,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: telephonenumber
telephonenumber: 555-1212
telephonenumber: 555-6789
The following example adds two telephonenumber attributes and a manager attribute to the
entry:
dn: cn=Barney Fife,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: telephonenumber
telephonenumber: 555-1212
telephonenumber: 555-6789
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add: manager
manager: cn=Sally Nixon,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
Modifying an Entry Using LDIF
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