Troubleshooting guide

Troubleshooting LDIF Files 33
1 version: 1
2
3 # Rename ou=Artists to ou=West Coast Artists, and leave
4 # its old RDN value.
5 dn: ou=Artists,l=San Francisco,c=US
6 changetype: moddn
7 newrdn: ou=West Coast Artists
8 deleteoldrdn: 1
9
The following is an example of a modify DN change type that shows how to move an entry:
1 version: 1
2
3 # Move cn=Peter Michaels from
4 # ou=Artists,l=San Francisco,c=US to
5 # ou=Promotion,l=New York,c=US and delete the old RDN.
5 dn: cn=Peter Michaels,ou=Artists,l=San Francisco,c=US
6 changetype: moddn
7 newrdn: cn=Peter Michaels
8 deleteoldrdn: 1
9 newsuperior: ou=Promotion,l=New York,c=US
10
The following is an example of a modify DN change type that shows how to move an entry and
rename it at the same time:
1 version: 1
2
3 # Move ou=Promotion from l=New York,c=US to
4 # l=San Francisco,c=US and rename it to
5 # ou=National Promotion.
5 dn: ou=Promotion,l=New York,c=US
6 changetype: moddn
7 newrdn: ou=National Promotion
8 deleteoldrdn: 1
9 newsuperior: l=San Francisco,c=US
10
IMPORTANT: The LDAP 2 modify RDN operation doesn’t support moving entries. If you try to
move an entry using the LDIF newsuperior syntax with an LDAP 2 client, the request will fail.
5.1.4 Line Folding within LDIF Files
To fold a line in an LDIF file, simply insert a line separator (a new line or a carriage return/new line
pair) followed by a space at the place where you want the line folded. When the LDIF parser
encounters a space at a beginning of the line, it knows to concatenate the rest of the data on the line
with the data on the previous line. The leading space is then discarded.
You should not fold lines in the middle of a multibyte UTF-8 character.
The following is an example of an LDIF file with a folded line (see lines 13 and 14):