I''ve been examining the Example.ldif file attempting to understand it, without much success. Where can I find documentation on it''s format and content? Or is there a piece of software that will read and existing ldif and report on it? Thanks, Gene Poole
Hi Gene ldif is a standardized format to exchange data between LDAP servers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDIF you can import it into any LDAP server ( as long as it knows all required schemas ) every entry represents an object in the LDAP server ( including its attributes with their values ) though this is the fedora-directory mailing list, maybe the openldap quickstart helps you a little ( http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/quickstart.html ) regards soeren fedora-directory-users-bounces@redhat.com wrote on 26.08.2008 15:43:01:> > I''ve been examining the Example.ldif file attempting to understand > it, without much success. Where can I find documentation on it''s > format and content? Or is there a piece of software that will read > and existing ldif and report on it? > > Thanks, > Gene Poole-- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 08:43, Gene Poole <gene.poole@macys.com> wrote:> > I''ve been examining the Example.ldif file attempting to understand it, > without much success. Where can I find documentation on it''s format and > content? Or is there a piece of software that will read and existing ldif > and report on it? >I really don''t intend to be a jerk with this answer, but google is your friend in this. LDIF is an LDAP standard. It is well documented, and there are tons of commentaries, howtos, etc on the net. -- JD Runyan P. J. O''Rourke - "Never fight an inanimate object."
Gene Poole wrote:> > I''ve been examining the Example.ldif file attempting to understand it, > without much success. Where can I find documentation on it''s format and > content? Or is there a piece of software that will read and existing > ldif and report on it?See RFC 2849: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2849.txt Although it looks simple at first glance my recommendation is to use a decent LDIF module for your favourite programming language instead hacking your own incomplete parser. Ciao, Michael.