Troubleshooting guide

32 Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Troubleshooting Guide
19 description: guitar player
20 description: solo performer
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22 # Delete a specific value from the telephonenumber
23 # attribute.
24 delete: telephonenumber
25 telephonenumber: [phone]
26 -
27 # Replace the existing title attribute with an empty
28 # set of values, thereby causing the title attribute to
29 # be removed.
30 replace: title
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The Modify DN Change Type
The modify DN change type lets you rename an entry, move it, or both. This change type is
composed of two required fields and one optional field.
The following is an example of a modify DN change type that shows how to rename an entry:
Field Description
newrdn (required) Gives the new name for the entry that will be assigned while processing
this record. The new RDN specifier must take of the following two forms:
 newrdn: safe_UTF-8_relative_distinguished_name
 newrdn:: Base64_encoded_relative_ distinguished_name
The new RDN specifier is required in all LDIF records with a modify DN
change type.
deleteoldrdn (required) The delete old RDN specifier is a flag that indicates whether the old
RDN should be replaced by the newrdn or if it should be kept. It takes
one of the two following forms:
 deleteoldrdn: 0
Indicates that the old RDN value should be kept in the entry after it
is renamed.
 deleteoldrdn: 1
Indicates that the old RDN value should be deleted when the entry
is renamed.
newsuperior (optional) The new superior specifier gives the name of the new parent that will be
assigned to the entry while processing the modify DN record. The new
superior specifier must take of the following two forms:
 newsuperior: safe_UTF-8_distinguished_name
 newsuperior:: Base64_encoded_distinguished_ name
The new superior specifier is optional in LDIF records with a modify DN
change type. It is only given in cases where you want to re-parent the
entry.