NAME
slapcat - SLAPD database to LDIF utility
SYNOPSIS
slapcat [-v] [-c] [-d level] [-b suffix] [-n
dbnum] [-f slapd.conf] [-l ldif-file]
DESCRIPTION
Slapcat is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF)
output based upon the contents of a slapd(8)
database. It opens the given database determined by the database number or
suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or the specified
file.
The LDIF generated by this tool is suitable for use with slapadd(8).
As the entries are in database order, not superior first order, they cannot be
loaded with ldapadd(8) without being reordered.
OPTIONS
- -v
- enable verbose mode.
- -c
- enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
- -d level
- enable debugging messages as defined by the specified level.
- -b suffix
- Use the specified suffix to determine which database to generate
output for. The -b cannot be used in conjunction with the -n option.
- -n dbnum
- Generate output for the dbnum-th database listed in the
configuration file. The -n cannot be used in conjunction with the -b
option.
- -f slapd.conf
- specify an alternative slapd.conf(5)
file.
- -l ldif-file
- Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
Limitations
Your slapd(8) should not be running (at least,
not in read-write mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
EXAMPLES
To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called ldif,
give the command:
slapcat -l ldif
SEE ALSO
ldap(3), ldif(5), slapadd(8), ldapadd(1),
slapd(8)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
