ldbedit - Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor
ldbedit [-?] [--usage] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-a] [-e editor] [-H LDB-URL] [expression] [attributes...]
System Administration tools LDBEDIT(1)
NAME
ldbedit - Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor
SYNOPSIS
ldbedit [-?] [--usage] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-a] [-e editor]
[-H LDB-URL] [expression] [attributes...]
DESCRIPTION
ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in tdb files,
sqlite files or LDAP servers) using your preferred editor. ldbedit
generates an LDIF file based on your query, allows you to edit the
LDIF, and then merges that LDIF back into the LDB backend.
OPTIONS
-?, --help
Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that
option does.
--usage
Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option,
however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter.
-H <ldb-url>
LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database, this will be of the form
tdb://filename. For a LDAP connection over unix domain sockets,
this will be of the form ldapi://socket. For a (potentially remote)
LDAP connection over TCP, this will be of the form ldap://hostname.
For an SQLite database, this will be of the form sqlite://filename.
-s one|sub|base
Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.
-a, -all
Edit all records. This allows you to apply the same change to a
number of records at once. You probably want to combine this with
an expression of the form "objectclass=*".
-e editor, --editor editor
Specify the editor that should be used (overrides the VISUAL and
EDITOR environment variables). If this option is not used, and
neither VISUAL nor EDITOR environment variables are set, then the
vi editor will be used.
-b basedn
Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.
-v, --verbose
Make ldbedit more verbose about the operations that are being
performed. Without this option, ldbedit will only provide a summary
change line.
ENVIRONMENT
LDB_URL
LDB URL to connect to. This can be overridden by using the -H
command-line option.)
VISUAL and EDITOR
Environment variables used to determine what editor to use. VISUAL
takes precedence over EDITOR, and both are overridden by the -e
command-line option.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 1.1 of LDB.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | service/network/samba |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
SEE ALSO
ldb(3), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)
AUTHOR
ldb was written by Andrew Tridgell[1].
If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see
the http://ldb.samba.org/ web site for current contact and maintainer
information.
This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated by Brad Hards.
NOTES
1. Andrew Tridgell
https://www.samba.org/~tridge/
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.13.17.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.samba.org/.
LDB 1.1 06/28/2022 LDBEDIT(1)