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SLAPMODIFY(8C)							SLAPMODIFY(8C)

NAME
       slapmodify - Modify entries in a	SLAPD database

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/local/sbin/slapmodify     [-b suffix]     [-c]    [-d debug-level]
       [-f slapd.conf] [-F confdir] [-g] [-j lineno] [-l ldif-file] [-n	dbnum]
       [-o option[=value]] [-q]	[-s] [-S SID] [-u] [-v]	[-w]

DESCRIPTION
       Slapmodify is used to apply modifications specified in  LDAP  Directory
       Interchange  Format  (LDIF) to a	slapd(8) database.  It opens the given
       database	determined by the database number or suffix and	performs modi-
       fications corresponding to the provided LDIF to	the  database.	 Data-
       bases configured	as subordinate of this one are also updated, unless -g
       is specified.  The LDIF input is	read from standard input or the	speci-
       fied file.

       All  files eventually created by	slapmodify will	belong to the identity
       slapmodify is run as, so	make sure you either run slapmodify  with  the
       same  identity  slapd(8)	will be	run as (see option -u in slapd(8)), or
       change file ownership before running slapd(8).

       Note: slapmodify	will also perform the relevant indexing	whilst modify-
       ing the database	if any are configured. For  specific  details,	please
       see slapindex(8).

OPTIONS
       -b suffix
	      Use  the specified suffix	to determine which database to add en-
	      tries to.	 The -b	cannot be used in conjunction with the -n  op-
	      tion.

       -c     enable continue (ignore errors) mode.

       -d debug-level
	      enable  debugging	 messages  as  defined by the specified	debug-
	      level; see slapd(8) for details.

       -f slapd.conf
	      specify an alternative slapd.conf(5) file.

       -F confdir
	      specify a	config directory.  If both -f and  -F  are  specified,
	      the  config  file	will be	read and converted to config directory
	      format and written to the	specified directory.  If  neither  op-
	      tion  is specified, an attempt to	read the default config	direc-
	      tory will	be made	before trying to use the default config	 file.
	      If  a valid config directory exists then the default config file
	      is ignored. If dry-run mode is  also  specified,	no  conversion
	      will occur.

       -g     disable subordinate gluing.  Only	the specified database will be
	      processed, and not its glued subordinates	(if any).

       -j lineno
	      Jump  to	the specified line number in the LDIF file before pro-
	      cessing any entries. This	allows a modification that was aborted
	      due to errors in the input LDIF to be resumed after  the	errors
	      are corrected.

       -l ldif-file
	      Read LDIF	from the specified file	instead	of standard input.

       -n dbnum
	      Perform  changes on the dbnum-th database	listed in the configu-
	      ration file.  The	-n cannot be used in conjunction with  the  -b
	      option.	To manipulate the config database slapd-config(5), use
	      -n 0 as it is always the first database. It must physically  ex-
	      ist on the filesystem prior to this, however.

       -o option[=value]
	      Specify  an  option  with	a(n optional) value.  Possible generic
	      options/values are:

		     syslog=<subsystems>  (see `-s' in slapd(8))
		     syslog-level=<level> (see `-S' in slapd(8))
		     syslog-user=<user>	  (see `-l' in slapd(8))

		     schema-check={yes|no}
		     value-check={yes|no}

	      The schema-check option toggles schema checking (default on);
	      the value-check option toggles value checking (default off).
	      The latter is incompatible with -q.

       -q     enable quick (fewer integrity checks) mode.  Does	fewer consistency checks
	      on the input data, and no	consistency checks when	writing	the database.
	      Improves the run time but	if any errors or interruptions occur the resulting
	      database will be unusable.

       -s     disable schema checking.	This option is intended	to be used when
	      manipulating databases containing	special	objects, such as fractional
	      objects on a partial replica.  Creating normal objects which do not
	      conform to schema	may result in unexpected and ill behavior.

       -S SID Server ID	to use in generated entryCSN.  Also used for contextCSN
	      if -w is set as well.  Defaults to 0.

       -u     enable dry-run (don't write to backend) mode.

       -v     enable verbose mode.

       -w     write syncrepl context information.
	      After all	entries	are added, the contextCSN
	      will be updated with the greatest	CSN in the database.

LIMITATIONS
       Your slapd(8) should not	be running when	you do this to ensure  consis-
       tency of	the database.

       Not  all	 backends support all types of modification, modrdn changetype
       in particular is	not implemented	for any	of the current backends.

       slapmodify may not provide naming or schema checks.  It is advisable to
       use ldapmodify(1) when possible.

EXAMPLES
       To make modifications specified in file ldif into your  slapd(8)	 data-
       base give the command:

	    /usr/local/sbin/slapmodify -l ldif

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3),	 ldif(5), slapcat(8), slapadd(8), slapindex(8),	ldapmodify(1),
       slapd(8)

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide"	(http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP	Software is developed and maintained by	The  OpenLDAP  Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the Uni-
       versity of Michigan LDAP	3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP 2.6.9			  2024/11/26			SLAPMODIFY(8C)

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