If the entries in your directory server are already created or if you have only a small amount of information to insert into your backend database, you'll prefer to use the ldapadd command utility to do
your job on-line. For example, to add the Europe Mourani entry using the ldapadd tool, you could create a file called newentry in your /tmp
directory.
Example 26.2. LDMB backend
Create the newentry file, touch /tmp/newentry and add in this file the following contents:
cn=Europe Mourani, o=openna, c=com cn=Europe Mourani sn=Mourani mail=emourani@old.com description=Marketing relation objectClass=personOnce the file
newentryhas been created, we must add the entry into the LDAP directory server. To actually create the entry on-line in the backend database, use the following command:[root@deep] /# ldapadd -f /tmp/newentry -D "cn=admin, o=openna, c=com" -WEnter LDAP Password :The above command assumes that you have set rootdn to
cn=admin, o=openna, c=comand rootpw tosecret. You will be prompted to enter the password.
It is important to note that the slapd daemon of LDAP is started in this mode of creation.
Contrary to relational databases where data is constantly changed, the directory server contains information that is rarely modified once inserted. But, some times you need to modify information, and the ldapmodify tool will help you in your tasks. The ldapmodify command allows you to add or modify entries on the backend directory server.
Example 26.3. modifyentry
Assuming that we want to replace the contents of the Europe Mourani entry's mail attribute with the new value emourani@new.com, the following steps will be require:
Create the
modifyentryfile, touch/tmp/modifyentryand add in this file the contents:cn=Europe Mourani, o=openna, c=com - mail=emourani@old.com # will delete the old mail address for Europe Mourani in the database. +mail=emourani@new.com # will add the new mail address for Europe Mourani in the database.Once the
modifyentryfile has been created, we must replace the entry in the LDAP directory server with the one contained in this file -modifyentry. To modify the contents of backend database, use the following command:[root@deep] /# ladpmodify -D cn=Admin, o=openna, c=com -W -f <inputfile> [root@deep] /# ladpmodify -D cn=Admin, o=openna, c=com -W -f modifyentryWhere <inputfile> is the name of the file
modifyentrywe created in step 1 above.