Thanks to everyone who replied. In my searching, I hadn't found any examples of modifying an attribute that had multiple values. the following ldif did exactly what I needed: dn: cn=config,o=dhcp changetype: modify delete: dhcpStatements dhcpStatements: log-facility local7 - add: dhcpStatements dhcpStatements: log-facility local3
I was stuck on trying to use 'replace' rather then 'delete + add' and I couldn't find an ldif syntax that worked.
Thanks again! Tom Leach
On 07/02/2010 04:24 PM, Tom Leach wrote:
How do I modify/delete a single attribute from the directory when I have multiple attributes of the same name. For example, given the following ldif: dn: cn=config,o=dhcp cn: config objectClass: top objectClass: dhcpService objectClass: dhcpOptions dhcpPrimaryDN: cn=server1,o=dhcp dhcpStatements: default-lease-time 600 dhcpStatements: max-lease-time 1200 dhcpStatements: ddns-update-style none dhcpStatements: boot-unknown-clients on dhcpStatements: log-facility local7
How would I modify just one of the dhcpStatements: attributes, for example, change 'dhcpStatements: log-facility local7' to 'dhcpStatements: log-facility local3'?
I've tried an ldif with: dn: cn=config,o=dhcp changetype: modify replace: dhcpStatements log-facility local7 dhcpStatements: log-facility local3 But that just gave me an error: ldapmodify: Undefined attribute type (17) additional info: dhcpStatements log-facility local7: AttributeDescription contains inappropriate characters.
I've also tried: dn: cn=config,o=dhcp changetype: modify replace: dhcpStatements dhcpStatements: log-facility local3 But that just gave me an error: replace modify: dhcpStatements replace dhcpStatements: log-facility local3 modifying entry "cn=config,o=dhcp" modify complete ldapmodify: Undefined attribute type (17) additional info: modify: attribute type undefined
I can use 'delete: dhcpStatements' but that deletes all of the dhcpStatements and then I have to add all of them back with the modification to the one that's needed.
So, what ldapmodify/ldif syntax is needed to specify which of multiple attributes should be modified? Thanks! Tom Leach