HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software manual Managing Entries from the Command-Line

Chapter 2. Creating Directory Entries

entries, use Ctrl or Shift.

3. Select Delete from the Edit menu.

WARNING

The server deletes the entry or entries immediately. There is no way to undo the delete operation.

2. Managing Entries from the Command-Line

The command-line utilities allow you to manipulate the contents of your directory. They can be useful to write scripts to perform bulk management of the directory or to test the Directory Server. For example, you might want to ensure that it returns the expected information after you have made changes to access control information.

With command-line utilities, information can be provided directly from the command-line or through an LDIF input file.

•Section 2.1, “Providing Input from the Command-Line”

•Section 2.2, “Creating a Root Entry from the Command-Line”

•Section 2.3, “Adding Entries Using LDIF”

•Section 2.4, “Adding and Modifying Entries Using ldapmodify”

•Section 2.5, “Deleting Entries Using ldapdelete”

•Section 2.6, “Using Special Characters”

NOTE

You cannot modify your directory unless the appropriate access control rules have been set. For information on creating access control rules for your directory, see Chapter 6, Managing Access Control.

2.1. Providing Input from the Command-Line

When you provide input to the ldapmodify and ldapdelete1 utilities directly from the command-line, you must use LDIF statements. For detailed information on LDIF statements,

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