SLAPADD(8C)SLAPADD(8C)NAMEslapadd - Add entries to a SLAPD database
SYNOPSIS
SBINDIR/slapadd [-v] [-c] [-u] [-d level] [-b suffix] [-n
dbnum] [-f slapd.conf] [-l ldif-file]
DESCRIPTION
Slapadd is used to add entries 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 adds entries corresponding to the provided
LDIF to the database. The LDIF input is read from stan-
dard input or the specified file.
As slapadd is designed to accept LDIF in database order,
as produced by slapcat(8), it does not verify that supe-
rior entries exist before adding an entry, does not per-
form all user and system schema checks, and does not main-
tain operational attributes (such as createTimeStamp and
modifiersName).
OPTIONS-v enable verbose mode.
-c enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
-u enable dry-run (don't write to backend) mode.
-d level
enable debugging messages as defined by the speci-
fied level.
-b suffix
Use the specified suffix to determine which
database to add entries to. The -b cannot be used
in conjunction with the -n option.
-n dbnum
Add entries to the dbnum-th database listed in the
configuration file. The -n cannot be used in con-
junction with the -b option.
-f slapd.conf
specify an alternative slapd.conf(5) file.
-l ldif-file
Read LDIF from the specified file instead of stan-
dard input.
LIMITATIONS
Your slapd(8) should not be running when you do this to
ensure consistency of the database.
slapadd may not provide naming or schema checks. It is
advisable to use ldapadd(1) when adding new entries into
an existing directory.
EXAMPLES
To import a entries specified in file ldif into your
slapd(8) database give the command:
SBINDIR/slapadd -l ldif
SEE ALSOldap(3), ldif(5), slapcat(8), ldapadd(1), slapd(8)
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenL-
DAP.org/doc/admin/)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Pro-
ject (http://www.openldap.org/). OpenLDAP is derived from
University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
OpenLDAP LDVERSION RELEASEDATE SLAPADD(8C)