r18866: Jeremy and Volker have given the go-ahead on the group mapping ldb
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3 <refentry id="ldbedit.1">
4
5     <refmeta>
6         <refentrytitle>ldbedit</refentrytitle>
7         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
8     </refmeta>
9
10
11     <refnamediv>
12         <refname>ldbedit</refname>
13         <refpurpose>Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor</refpurpose>
14     </refnamediv>
15
16     <refsynopsisdiv>
17         <cmdsynopsis>
18             <command>ldbedit</command>
19             <arg choice="opt">-?</arg>
20             <arg choice="opt">--usage</arg>
21             <arg choice="opt">-s base|one|sub</arg>
22             <arg choice="opt">-b basedn</arg>
23             <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
24             <arg choice="opt">-e editor</arg>
25             <arg choice="opt">-H LDB-URL</arg>
26             <arg choice="opt">expression</arg>
27             <arg rep="repeat" choice="opt">attributes</arg>
28         </cmdsynopsis>
29 </refsynopsisdiv>
30
31 <refsect1>
32         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
33
34         <para>ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in 
35             tdb files, sqlite files or LDAP servers) using your preferred editor.
36             ldbedit generates an LDIF file based on your query, allows you to edit
37             the LDIF, and then merges that LDIF back into the LDB backend.
38         </para>
39
40 </refsect1>
41
42
43     <refsect1>
44         <title>OPTIONS</title>
45         
46         <variablelist>
47             <varlistentry>
48                 <term>-?</term>
49                 <term>--help</term>
50                 <listitem>
51                     <para>
52                         Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that option
53                         does.
54                     </para>
55                 </listitem>
56             </varlistentry>
57
58             <varlistentry>
59                 <term>--usage</term>
60                 <listitem>
61                     <para>
62                         Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option, 
63                         however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter.
64                     </para>
65                 </listitem>
66             </varlistentry>
67
68             <varlistentry>
69                 <term>-H &lt;ldb-url&gt;</term>
70                 <listitem>
71                     <para>
72                         LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database,
73                         this will be of the form
74                         tdb://<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
75                         For a LDAP connection over unix domain
76                         sockets, this will be of the form
77                         ldapi://<replaceable>socket</replaceable>. For
78                         a (potentially remote) LDAP connection over
79                         TCP, this will be of the form
80                         ldap://<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>. For
81                         an SQLite database, this will be of the form
82                         sqlite://<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
83                     </para>
84                 </listitem>
85             </varlistentry>
86
87             <varlistentry>
88                 <term>-s one|sub|base</term>
89                 <listitem><para>Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.</para></listitem>
90             </varlistentry>
91
92             <varlistentry>
93                 <term>-a</term>
94                 <term>-all</term>
95                 <listitem>
96                     <para>Edit all records. This allows you to
97                         apply the same change to a number of records
98                         at once. You probably want to combine this
99                         with an expression of the form
100                         "objectclass=*".
101                     </para>
102                 </listitem>
103             </varlistentry>
104
105             <varlistentry>
106                 <term>-e editor</term>
107                 <term>--editor editor</term>
108                 <listitem>
109                     <para>Specify the editor that should be used (overrides 
110                         the VISUAL and EDITOR environment
111                         variables). If this option is not used, and
112                         neither VISUAL nor EDITOR environment variables
113                         are set, then the vi editor will be used.
114                     </para>
115                 </listitem>
116             </varlistentry>
117
118             <varlistentry>
119                 <term>-b basedn</term>
120                 <listitem><para>Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.</para></listitem>
121             </varlistentry>
122
123             <varlistentry>
124                 <term>-v</term>
125                 <term>--verbose</term>
126                 <listitem>
127                     <para>Make ldbedit more verbose about the
128                         operations that are being performed. Without
129                         this option, ldbedit will only provide a
130                         summary change line.
131                     </para>
132                 </listitem>
133             </varlistentry>
134                 
135         </variablelist>
136         
137     </refsect1>
138
139     <refsect1>
140         <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
141
142         <variablelist>
143             <varlistentry>
144                 <term>LDB_URL</term>
145                 <listitem>
146                     <para>LDB URL to connect to. This can be
147                     overridden by using the -H command-line option.)
148                     </para>
149                 </listitem>
150             </varlistentry>
151             <varlistentry>
152                 <term>VISUAL and EDITOR</term>
153                 <listitem>
154                     <para>
155                         Environment variables used to determine what 
156                         editor to use. VISUAL takes precedence over
157                         EDITOR, and both are overridden by the
158                         -e command-line option.
159                     </para>
160                 </listitem>
161             </varlistentry>
162         </variablelist>
163         
164     </refsect1>
165
166     <refsect1>
167         <title>VERSION</title>
168         
169         <para>This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
170     </refsect1>
171
172     <refsect1>
173         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
174         
175         <para>ldb(7), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)</para>
176
177     </refsect1>
178
179     <refsect1>
180         <title>AUTHOR</title>
181
182         <para>
183             ldb was written by 
184             <ulink url="http://samba.org/~tridge/">Andrew Tridgell</ulink>.
185         </para>
186
187         <para>
188             If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see
189             the <ulink url="http://ldb.samba.org/"/> web site for
190             current contact and maintainer information.
191         </para>
192
193         <para>
194             This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated
195             by Brad Hards.
196         </para>
197         
198     </refsect1>
199
200 </refentry>