Server User Manual

Chapter 2. Core Server Configuration Reference
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• nsUseId2Entry, analogous to the -C option, to set whether to use only the main index, id2entry,
to list the entries to export
• nsNoWrap, analogous to the -U option, to set whether to wrap long lines in the LDIF file
• nsDumpUniqId, analogous to the -u option, to set whether to include the unique IDs with the entries
when they are exported
nsFilename
The nsFilename attribute contains the path and filenames of the LDIF files to which to export the
Directory Server instance database.
Parameter Description
Entry DN cn=task_name, cn=export, cn=tasks, cn=config
Valid Values Any string
Default Value
Syntax Case-exact string, multi-valued
Example nsFilename: /home/jsmith/example.ldif
nsInstance
This attribute supplies the name of the database instance from which to export the database, such as
NetscapeRoot or userRoot.
Parameter Description
Entry DN cn=task_name, cn=export, cn=tasks, cn=config
Valid Values The name of a Directory Server instance (any
string)
Default Value
Syntax Case-exact string, multi-valued
Example nsInstance: userRoot
nsIncludeSuffix
This attribute identifies a specific suffix or subtree to export to an LDIF file.
Parameter Description
Entry DN cn=task_name, cn=export, cn=tasks, cn=config
Valid Values Any DN
Default Value
Syntax DN, multi-valued
Example nsIncludeSuffix: ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
nsExcludeSuffix
This attribute identifies suffixes or subtrees in the database to exclude from the exported LDIF file.