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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>ldbedit</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="ldbedit.1"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ldbedit — Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">ldbedit</code> [-?] [--usage] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-a] [-e editor] [-H LDB-URL] [expression] [attributes...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483351"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in

tdb files, sqlite files or LDAP servers) using your preferred editor.

ldbedit generates an LDIF file based on your query, allows you to edit

the LDIF, and then merges that LDIF back into the LDB backend.

</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483366"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-?, </span><span class="term">--help</span></dt><dd><p>

Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that option

does.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term">--usage</span></dt><dd><p>

Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option,

however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-H <ldb-url></span></dt><dd><p>

LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database,

this will be of the form

tdb://<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>.

For a LDAP connection over unix domain

sockets, this will be of the form

ldapi://<em class="replaceable"><code>socket</code></em>. For

a (potentially remote) LDAP connection over

TCP, this will be of the form

ldap://<em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em>. For

an SQLite database, this will be of the form

sqlite://<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s one|sub|base</span></dt><dd><p>Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-a, </span><span class="term">-all</span></dt><dd><p>Edit all records. This allows you to

apply the same change to a number of records

at once. You probably want to combine this

with an expression of the form

"objectclass=*".

</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-e editor, </span><span class="term">--editor editor</span></dt><dd><p>Specify the editor that should be used (overrides

the VISUAL and EDITOR environment

variables). If this option is not used, and

neither VISUAL nor EDITOR environment variables

are set, then the vi editor will be used.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-b basedn</span></dt><dd><p>Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-v, </span><span class="term">--verbose</span></dt><dd><p>Make ldbedit more verbose about the

operations that are being performed. Without

this option, ldbedit will only provide a

summary change line.

</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483649"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">LDB_URL</span></dt><dd><p>LDB URL to connect to. This can be

overridden by using the -H command-line option.)

</p></dd><dt><span class="term">VISUAL and EDITOR</span></dt><dd><p>

Environment variables used to determine what

editor to use. VISUAL takes precedence over

EDITOR, and both are overridden by the

-e command-line option.

</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483690"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483701"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p>ldb(7), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483712"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>

ldb was written by

<a class="ulink" href="http://samba.org/~tridge/" target="_top">Andrew Tridgell</a>.

</p><p>

If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see

the <a class="ulink" href="http://ldb.samba.org/" target="_top">http://ldb.samba.org/</a> web site for

current contact and maintainer information.

</p><p>

This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated

by Brad Hards.

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