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.


Man(1) output converted with man2html