HP-UX Directory Server Administrator Guide HP-UX Directory Server Version 8.1 (5900-3098, May 2013)

dn: distinguished_name
changetype: changetype_identifier
change_operation_identifier: list_of_attributes
change_operation_identifier: list_of_attributes
A dash (-) must be used to denote the end of a change operation if subsequent change operations
are specified. For example, the following statement adds the telephone number and manager
attributes to the entry:
dn: cn=Lisa Jangles,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: telephonenumber
telephonenumber: [phone]
-
add: manager
manager: cn=Harry Cruise,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
In addition, the line continuation operator is a single space. Therefore, the following two statements
are identical:
dn: cn=Lisa Jangles,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
dn: cn=Lisa Jangles,
ou=People,
dc=example,dc=com
The following sections describe the change types in detail.
3.4.1 Adding an entry using LDIF
changetype: add adds an entry to the directory. When you add an entry, make sure to create
an entry representing a branch point before you try to create new entries under that branch. That
is, to place an entry in a People and a Groups subtree, then create the branch point for those
subtrees before creating entries within the subtrees. For example:
dn: dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
o: example.com
dn: ou=People, dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: People
ou: Marketing
dn: cn=Pete Minsky,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Pete Minsky
givenName: Pete
sn: Minsky
ou: People
ou: Marketing
uid: pminsky
dn: cn=Sue Jacobs,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: add
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
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