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

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Managing Entries From the Command Line
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• You have created a database administrator that has the authority to modify the
entries, and whose distinguished name is
cn=Directory Manager,
dc=example,dc=com
• The database administrator’s password is
King-Pin
.
• The server is located on
cyclops
.
• The server uses port number
845
.
To delete the entries for users Robert Jenkins and Lisa Jangles, enter the following
command:
ldapdelete -D "cn=Directory Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -w King-Pin
-h cyclops -p 845 "cn=Robert Jenkins,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com"
"cn=Lisa Jangles,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com"
The following table describes the
ldapdelete
parameters used in the example:
For full information on
ldapdelete
parameters, refer to the Netscape Directory
Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
Using Special Characters
When using the Directory Server command-line client tools, you may need to
specify values that contain characters that have special meaning to the
command-line interpreter (such as space [ ], asterisk [*], backslash [\], and so
forth). When this situation occurs, enclose the value in quotation marks (“”). For
example:
Table 2-4 Description of ldapdelete Parameters Used for Deleting Entries
Parameter Name Description
-D
Specifies the distinguished name with which to authenticate
to the server. The value must be a DN recognized by the
Directory Server, and it must also have the authority to
modify the entries.
-
w
Specifies the password associated with the distinguished
name specified in the
-D
parameter.
-h
Specifies the name of the host on which the server is running.
-
p
Specifies the port number that the server uses.