16.3.19 Directory Naming Errors

Directory naming issues associated with connectivity errors for database service or network service name entries in a directory server require analysis of the data. You can analyze the data contained within a directory server with the ldifwrite command line tool. The ldifwrite tool is an Oracle Internet Directory tool.

The ldifwrite tool can be used to convert all or part of the information residing in a directory server to LDIF. The ldifwrite tool performs a subtree search, including all entries following the specified distinguished name (DN), including the DN itself.

The ldifwrite tool syntax is as follows:

ldifwrite -c net_service_name/database_service -b base_DN -f ldif_file 

The following table lists ldifwrite tool arguments and descriptions for each.

Table 16-8 ldifwrite Arguments

Argument	Description
-c net_service_name/database_service	The network service name or database service name that connects to the directory server.
-b base_DN	The base of the subtree to be written out in LDIF format.
-f ldif_file	The output file name.

The following example writes all the directory naming entries under dc=us,dc=example,dc=com to the output1.ldi file:

ldifwrite -c ldap -b "dc=us,dc=example,dc=com" -f output.ldif

Note:

Check the ldap.ora file to determine the base_DN value. It is the same as the DEFAULT_ADMIN_CONTEXT entry in the ldap.ora file.