Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR, Administrator'S Manual

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Importing Data
Chapter 4 Populating Directory Databases 147
Importing From the Command Line
You can use three methods for importing data through the command line:
• Using
ldif2db
—This import method overwrites the contents of your database
and requires the server to be stopped.
• Using
ldif2db.pl
—This import method overwrites the contents of your
database while the server is still running.
• Using
ldif2ldap
—This method appends your LDIF file through LDAP. You
can use this method to append data to all of your databases.
Importing Using the ldif2db Command-Line Script
The
ldif2db
script overwrites the data in a database you specify. The script
requires you to shut down the server before proceeding with the import.
By default, the script first saves and then merges any existing
o=NetscapeRoot
configuration information with the
o=NetscapeRoot
configuration information in
the files being imported.
To import LDIF with the server stopped:
1.
From the command line, change to the following directory:
serverRoot
/slapd-
serverID
/
2.
Stop the server by typing the following:
./stop-slapd
3.
Run the
ldif2db
command-line script.
For more information about using this script, refer to Netscape Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
Two examples of performing an import using
ldif2db
follow:
CAUTION This script overwrites the data in your database.
CAUTION If you a specify a database in the
-n
option that does not correspond
with the suffix contained by the LDIF file, all of the data contained
by the database is deleted and the import fails. Make sure that you
do not misspell the database name.