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| 2 | .\" Title: ldbedit
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| 3 | .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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| 4 | .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
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| 5 | .\" Date: 06/14/2011
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| 6 | .\" Manual: User Commands
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| 7 | .\" Source: Samba 3.5
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| 8 | .\" Language: English
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| 10 | .TH "LDBEDIT" "1" "06/14/2011" "Samba 3\&.5" "User Commands"
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| 19 | .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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| 21 | .SH "NAME"
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| 22 | ldbedit \- Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor
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| 23 | .SH "SYNOPSIS"
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| 24 | .HP \w'\ 'u
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| 25 | ldbedit [\-?] [\-\-usage] [\-s\ base|one|sub] [\-b\ basedn] [\-a] [\-e\ editor] [\-H\ LDB\-URL] [expression] [attributes...]
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| 26 | .SH "DESCRIPTION"
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| 27 | .PP
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| 28 | 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\&.
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| 29 | .SH "OPTIONS"
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| 30 | .PP
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| 31 | \-?, \-\-help
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| 32 | .RS 4
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| 33 | Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that option does\&.
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| 34 | .RE
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| 35 | .PP
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| 36 | \-\-usage
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| 37 | .RS 4
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| 38 | Show list of available options\&. This is similar to the help option, however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter\&.
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| 39 | .RE
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| 40 | .PP
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| 41 | \-H <ldb\-url>
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| 42 | .RS 4
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| 43 | LDB URL to connect to\&. For a tdb database, this will be of the form tdb://\fIfilename\fR\&. For a LDAP connection over unix domain sockets, this will be of the form ldapi://\fIsocket\fR\&. For a (potentially remote) LDAP connection over TCP, this will be of the form ldap://\fIhostname\fR\&. For an SQLite database, this will be of the form sqlite://\fIfilename\fR\&.
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| 44 | .RE
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| 45 | .PP
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| 46 | \-s one|sub|base
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| 47 | .RS 4
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| 48 | Search scope to use\&. One\-level, subtree or base\&.
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| 49 | .RE
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| 50 | .PP
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| 51 | \-a, \-all
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| 52 | .RS 4
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| 53 | 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=*"\&.
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| 54 | .RE
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| 55 | .PP
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| 56 | \-e editor, \-\-editor editor
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| 57 | .RS 4
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| 58 | 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\&.
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| 59 | .RE
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| 60 | .PP
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| 61 | \-b basedn
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| 62 | .RS 4
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| 63 | Specify Base Distinguished Name to use\&.
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| 64 | .RE
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| 65 | .PP
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| 66 | \-v, \-\-verbose
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| 67 | .RS 4
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| 68 | Make ldbedit more verbose about the operations that are being performed\&. Without this option, ldbedit will only provide a summary change line\&.
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| 69 | .RE
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| 70 | .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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| 71 | .PP
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| 72 | LDB_URL
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| 73 | .RS 4
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| 74 | LDB URL to connect to\&. This can be overridden by using the \-H command\-line option\&.)
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| 75 | .RE
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| 76 | .PP
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| 77 | VISUAL and EDITOR
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| 78 | .RS 4
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| 79 | Environment variables used to determine what editor to use\&. VISUAL takes precedence over EDITOR, and both are overridden by the \-e command\-line option\&.
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| 80 | .RE
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| 81 | .SH "VERSION"
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| 82 | .PP
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| 83 | This man page is correct for version 4\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
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| 84 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 85 | .PP
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| 86 | ldb(7), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)
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| 87 | .SH "AUTHOR"
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| 88 | .PP
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| 89 | ldb was written by
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| 90 | Andrew Tridgell\&.
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| 91 | .PP
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| 92 | If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see the
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| 93 | : http://ldb.samba.org/
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| 94 | web site for current contact and maintainer information\&.
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| 95 | .PP
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| 96 | This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated by Brad Hards\&.
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