Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX Version 6.10 Administration Guide (5900-1418, March 2011)

Checking the LDAP Server Configuration
The ldap_check utility validates the contents of the ./ldapcd.conf or /etc/ldapcd.conf
file as follows:
• Verifies that the specified directory servers are running and that connections to the servers
can be made
Note:
If any of the LDAP servers specified in the ldapcd.conf file fail the verification, the remaining
servers are not checked and the entire verification fails.
• Verifies that the search base (the top-level directory for searches) exists
• If specified, verifies that user and group branches exist (see Section : Creating Branches)
• Verifies that user and group object classes exist
• Validates all object classes and attributes
If a problem is encountered during either of these checks, the ldap_check utility returns an exit
code greater than 0.
Extracting Users from the /etc/passwd File
Use the passwd_extract utility to extract users from the specified input file (/etc/passwd is
the default) and store the extracted records in the specified output file (with the -f option).
Optionally, you can use the -r option (with the -f option) to extract entries that do not match the
selection criteria to a remainder file. The records in the output file and remainder file (if any) are
formatted as passwd(4) entries.
You can extract users based on:
• User name, specified by a space-separated parameter list:
passwd_extract hill susan mike cliff austin powers
Note that if no output file is specified, the default is stdout.
• Any combination of individual UIDs or range of UIDs:
passwd_extract
-u 500,624,700-800 -f output-file
• Any combination of individual GIDs or range of GIDs:
passwd_extract -g 23,29-35,50 -f output-file
• Any combination of names, UIDs and GIDs:
passwd_extract -e james bond -u 500,624,700-800 -g 23,29-35,50 -f output-file
To extract records from a file other than /etc/passwd, specify the input file name with the -i
option. For example:
# passwd_extract larry curly moe -i myusers -f stooges
The records in the input file must be formatted as passwd entries.
Adding a User Entry
The ldap_add_user utility adds one or more user entries to the LDAP database. To use this utility
on the command line, provide the following arguments:
ldap_add_user logname passwd uid gid gecos homedir shell
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