ldbmcat - LDBM to LDIF database format conversion utility
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ldbmcat [-n] id2entry-file
DESCRIPTION
This program is used to convert a slapd(8) LDBM database
to the text LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF). It
opens the given id2entry-file and writes the corresponding
LDIF output to standard output.
See "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide" for more
details on using this program.
OPTIONS
-n This option specifies that ldbmcat should not print
entry IDs when it dumps out the database. Note that
the printing of entry IDs is essential if you are
going to use the LDIF format produced as input to
ldif2index, for example, to create a new index file
for use with an existing database.
EXAMPLES
To make a text backup of your LDBM database and put it in
a file called ldif, give the command:
/usr/sbin/ldbmcat -n id2entry.dbb > ldif
To create a new index for the mail attribute, give these
commands:
/usr/sbin/ldbmcat id2entry.dbb > ldif
/usr/sbin/ldif2index -i ldif -f slapd-config-file mail
Note that your slapd (8) should not be running (at least,
not in read-write mode) when you do this to ensure consis
tency of the database.
SEE ALSO
ldap(3), ldif(5), ldif2ldbm(8), slapd(8)
"The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Pro
ject (http://www.openldap.org/). OpenLDAP is derived from
University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
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