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NAME

ldbedit - Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor

SYNOPSIS

ldbedit [-?] [--usage] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-a] [-e editor]
[-H LDB-URL] [expression] [attributes...]

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

-?, --help
Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that
option does.

--usage
Show list of available options. This is similar to the help
option, however it does not provide any description, and is hence
shorter.

-H <ldb-url>
LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database, this will be of the
form tdb://filename. For a LDAP connection over unix domain
sockets, this will be of the form ldapi://socket. For a
(potentially remote) LDAP connection over TCP, this will be of
the form ldap://hostname. For an SQLite database, this will be of
the form sqlite://filename.

-s one|sub|base
Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.

-a, -all
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=*".

-e editor, --editor editor
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.

-b basedn
Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.

-v, --verbose
Make ldbedit more verbose about the operations that are being
performed. Without this option, ldbedit will only provide a
summary change line.

ENVIRONMENT

LDB_URL
LDB URL to connect to. This can be overridden by using the -H
command-line option.)

VISUAL and EDITOR
Environment variables used to determine what editor to use.
VISUAL takes precedence over EDITOR, and both are overridden by
the -e command-line option.

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 1.1 of LDB.

SEE ALSO

ldb(3), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)

AUTHOR

ldb was written by Andrew Tridgell[1].

If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see
the http://ldb.samba.org/ web site for current contact and maintainer
information.

This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated by Brad
Hards.

NOTES

1. Andrew Tridgell
https://www.samba.org/~tridge/

LDB 1.1 10/09/2024 LDBEDIT(1)