LDIF(5) LDIF(5) (NAME) ldif - LDAP (DESCRIPTION) LDIF ( LDAP) . LDAP ldapadd(1) ldapsearch(1) LDIF . ldapmodify(1) LDIF . LDIF . LDIF RFC 2849 . (ENTRY RECORDS) LDIF . : dn: : : :: :< ... UTF-8 base64 URI (attribute) . (space) (tab) : dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,dc=exam ple,dc=com ('#') . : cn: Barbara J Jensen cn: Babs Jensen ':' (::) (base64) " begins with a space" : cn:: IGJlZ2lucyB3aXRoIGEgc3BhY2U= ':<' URI file: . /tmp/value : cn:< file:///tmp/value URI ( ftp http) . LDIF . (ENTRY RECORD EXAMPLE) LDIF : dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com cn: Barbara J Jensen cn: Babs Jensen objectclass: person description:< file:///tmp/babs sn: Jensen dn: cn=Bjorn J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com cn: Bjorn J Jensen cn: Bjorn Jensen objectclass: person sn: Jensen dn: cn=Jennifer J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com cn: Jennifer J Jensen cn: Jennifer Jensen objectclass: person sn: Jensen jpegPhoto:: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAAAAAQABAAD/2wBDABALD A4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQ ERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2P/2wBDARESEhgVG ... description Barbara Jensen file:///tmp/babs jpegPhoto Jennifer Jensen base64 . (CHANGE RECORDS) LDIF . (DN) : dn: changetype: <[modify|add|delete|modrdn]> . changetype modify : add: : : ... - (replace): replace: : : ... - attributetype ( ) . (delete): delete: : : ... - attributetype . changetype add : : : ... : : changetype modrdn moddn : newrdn: deleteoldrdn: 0 | 1 newsuperior: 1 deleteoldrdn rdn 0 . newsuperior (superior) . changetype delete . base64 . . (CHANGE RECORD EXAMPLE) LDIF : dn: cn=Babs Jensen,dc=example,dc=com changetype: add objectclass: person objectclass: extensibleObject cn: babs cn: babs jensen sn: jensen dn: cn=Babs Jensen,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: givenName givenName: Barbara givenName: babs - replace: description description: the fabulous babs - delete: sn sn: jensen - dn: cn=Babs Jensen,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modrdn newrdn: cn=Barbara J Jensen deleteoldrdn: 0 newsuperior: ou=People,dc=example,dc=com dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: delete INCLUDE (INCLUDE STATEMENT) LDIF include LDIF . include . URI file: LDIF . URI . : dn: dc=example,dc=com objectclass: domain dc: example include: file:///tmp/example.com.ldif dn: dc=example,dc=org objectclass: domain dc: example LDIF RFC 2849 . ldapadd(1) ldapmodify(1) slapadd(8) . (SEE ALSO) ldap(3) ldapsearch(1) ldapadd(1) ldapmodify(1) slapadd(8) slapcat(8) slapd-ldif(5). "LDAP Data Interchange Format," Good, G., RFC 2849. (ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS) OpenLDAP OpenLDAP . OpenLDAP 3.3 LDAP . OpenLDAP LDIF(5)