lib/ldb/man/ldbedit.1.xml

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   3 <refentry id="ldbedit.1">
   4
   5     <refmeta>
   6         <refentrytitle>ldbedit</refentrytitle>
   7         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   8     </refmeta>
   9
  10
  11     <refnamediv>
  12         <refname>ldbedit</refname>
  13         <refpurpose>Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor</refpurpose>
  14     </refnamediv>
  15
  16     <refsynopsisdiv>
  17         <cmdsynopsis>
  18             <command>ldbedit</command>
  19             <arg choice="opt">-?</arg>
  20             <arg choice="opt">--usage</arg>
  21             <arg choice="opt">-s base|one|sub</arg>
  22             <arg choice="opt">-b basedn</arg>
  23             <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
  24             <arg choice="opt">-e editor</arg>
  25             <arg choice="opt">-H LDB-URL</arg>
  26             <arg choice="opt">expression</arg>
  27             <arg rep="repeat" choice="opt">attributes</arg>
  28         </cmdsynopsis>
  29 </refsynopsisdiv>
  30
  31 <refsect1>
  32         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  33
  34         <para>ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in
  35             tdb files, sqlite files or LDAP servers) using your preferred editor.
  36             ldbedit generates an LDIF file based on your query, allows you to edit
  37             the LDIF, and then merges that LDIF back into the LDB backend.
  38         </para>
  39
  40 </refsect1>
  41
  42
  43     <refsect1>
  44         <title>OPTIONS</title>
  45
  46         <variablelist>
  47             <varlistentry>
  48                 <term>-?</term>
  49                 <term>--help</term>
  50                 <listitem>
  51                     <para>
  52                         Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that option
  53                         does.
  54                     </para>
  55                 </listitem>
  56             </varlistentry>
  57
  58             <varlistentry>
  59                 <term>--usage</term>
  60                 <listitem>
  61                     <para>
  62                         Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option,
  63                         however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter.
  64                     </para>
  65                 </listitem>
  66             </varlistentry>
  67
  68             <varlistentry>
  69                 <term>-H &lt;ldb-url&gt;</term>
  70                 <listitem>
  71                     <para>
  72                         LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database,
  73                         this will be of the form
  74                         tdb://<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
  75                         For a LDAP connection over unix domain
  76                         sockets, this will be of the form
  77                         ldapi://<replaceable>socket</replaceable>. For
  78                         a (potentially remote) LDAP connection over
  79                         TCP, this will be of the form
  80                         ldap://<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>. For
  81                         an SQLite database, this will be of the form
  82                         sqlite://<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
  83                     </para>
  84                 </listitem>
  85             </varlistentry>
  86
  87             <varlistentry>
  88                 <term>-s one|sub|base</term>
  89                 <listitem><para>Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.</para></listitem>
  90             </varlistentry>
  91
  92             <varlistentry>
  93                 <term>-a</term>
  94                 <term>-all</term>
  95                 <listitem>
  96                     <para>Edit all records. This allows you to
  97                         apply the same change to a number of records
  98                         at once. You probably want to combine this
  99                         with an expression of the form
 100                         "objectclass=*".
 101                     </para>
 102                 </listitem>
 103             </varlistentry>
 104
 105             <varlistentry>
 106                 <term>-e editor</term>
 107                 <term>--editor editor</term>
 108                 <listitem>
 109                     <para>Specify the editor that should be used (overrides
 110                         the VISUAL and EDITOR environment
 111                         variables). If this option is not used, and
 112                         neither VISUAL nor EDITOR environment variables
 113                         are set, then the vi editor will be used.
 114                     </para>
 115                 </listitem>
 116             </varlistentry>
 117
 118             <varlistentry>
 119                 <term>-b basedn</term>
 120                 <listitem><para>Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.</para></listitem>
 121             </varlistentry>
 122
 123             <varlistentry>
 124                 <term>-v</term>
 125                 <term>--verbose</term>
 126                 <listitem>
 127                     <para>Make ldbedit more verbose about the
 128                         operations that are being performed. Without
 129                         this option, ldbedit will only provide a
 130                         summary change line.
 131                     </para>
 132                 </listitem>
 133             </varlistentry>
 134
 135         </variablelist>
 136
 137     </refsect1>
 138
 139     <refsect1>
 140         <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
 141
 142         <variablelist>
 143             <varlistentry>
 144                 <term>LDB_URL</term>
 145                 <listitem>
 146                     <para>LDB URL to connect to. This can be
 147                     overridden by using the -H command-line option.)
 148                     </para>
 149                 </listitem>
 150             </varlistentry>
 151             <varlistentry>
 152                 <term>VISUAL and EDITOR</term>
 153                 <listitem>
 154                     <para>
 155                         Environment variables used to determine what
 156                         editor to use. VISUAL takes precedence over
 157                         EDITOR, and both are overridden by the
 158                         -e command-line option.
 159                     </para>
 160                 </listitem>
 161             </varlistentry>
 162         </variablelist>
 163
 164     </refsect1>
 165
 166     <refsect1>
 167         <title>VERSION</title>
 168
 169         <para>This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
 170     </refsect1>
 171
 172     <refsect1>
 173         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 174
 175         <para>ldb(3), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)</para>
 176
 177     </refsect1>
 178
 179     <refsect1>
 180         <title>AUTHOR</title>
 181
 182         <para>
 183             ldb was written by
 184             <ulink url="http://samba.org/~tridge/">Andrew Tridgell</ulink>.
 185         </para>
 186
 187         <para>
 188             If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see
 189             the <ulink url="http://ldb.samba.org/"/> web site for
 190             current contact and maintainer information.
 191         </para>
 192
 193         <para>
 194             This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated
 195             by Brad Hards.
 196         </para>
 197
 198     </refsect1>
 199
 200 </refentry>