upgradednformat (8) Linux Manual Page

upgradednformat – Directory Server script for upgrading the DN format

Synopsis

upgradednformat -n backendname -a database_directory [-Z serverID] [-N] [-h]

Description

Updates older-style DN syntaxes to RFC 4514-style DN syntaxes for migrated databases. This is usually needed after migrating from an older version of Directory Server. This script must be run while the server is stopped.

Options

A summary of options is included below:

-n Backend Name

The name of the LDBM database to reindex. Example: userRoot

-a Database directory

The full path to the database directory.

-Z Server Identifier

The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.

-N

Only checks whether any DNs in the database need to be updated.

-h

Display the usage.

Example

upgradednformat -n userRoot -a /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance2/db -Z instance2

Diagnostics

Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.

Author

upgradednformat was written by the 389 Project.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to https://fedorahosted.org/389/newticket.

Copyright

Copyright © 2013 Red Hat, Inc.