slapcat - SLAPD database to LDIF utility
/usr/sbin/slapcat [
-afilter] [
-bsuffix]
[
-c] [
-ddebug-level] [
-fslapd.conf]
[
-Fconfdir] [
-g] [
-HURI]
[
-lldif-file] [
-ndbnum]
[
-ooption[=value]] [
-ssubtree-dn]
[
-v]
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. Databases
configured as
subordinate of this one are also output, unless
-g
is specified.
The entry records are presented in database order, not superior first order. The
entry records will include all (user and operational) attributes stored in the
database. The entry records will not include dynamically generated attributes
(such as subschemaSubentry).
The output of slapcat is intended to be used as input to
slapadd(8). The
output of slapcat cannot generally be used as input to
ldapadd(1) or
other LDAP clients without first editing the output. This editing would
normally include reordering the records into superior first order and removing
no-user-modification operational attributes.
-
-a filter
- Only dump entries matching the asserted filter. For example
slapcat -a \
"(!(entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=People,dc=example,dc=com))"
will dump all but the "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" subtree of the
"dc=example,dc=com" database. Deprecated; use -H
ldap:///???(filter) instead.
-
-b suffix
- Use the specified suffix to determine which database
to generate output for. By default, the first database that supports the
requested operation is used. The -b cannot be used in conjunction
with the -n option.
- -c
- Enable continue (ignore errors) mode. Multiple occurrences
of -c make try harder.
-
-d debug-level
- Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
debug-level; see slapd(8) for details.
-
-f slapd.conf
- Specify an alternative slapd.conf(5) file.
-
-F confdir
- specify a config directory. If both -f and -F
are specified, the config file will be read and converted to config
directory format and written to the specified directory. If neither option
is specified, an attempt to read the default config directory will be made
before trying to use the default config file. If a valid config directory
exists then the default config file is ignored.
- -g
- disable subordinate gluing. Only the specified database
will be processed, and not its glued subordinates (if any).
- -H URI
- use dn, scope and filter from URI to only handle matching
entries.
-
-l ldif-file
- Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard
output.
-
-n dbnum
- Generate output for the dbnum-th database listed in
the configuration file. The config database slapd-config(5), is
always the first database, so use -n 0 to select it.
The -n cannot be used in conjunction with the -b option.
-
-o option[=value]
- Specify an option with a(n optional) value.
Possible generic options/values are:
syslog=<subsystems> (see `-s' in slapd(8))
syslog-level=<level> (see `-S' in slapd(8))
syslog-user=<user> (see `-l' in slapd(8))
ldif_wrap={no|<n>}
n is the number of columns allowed for the LDIF output
( n equal to 0 uses the default, corresponding to 78).
The minimum is 2, leaving space for one character and one
continuation character.
Use no for no wrap.
-
-s subtree-dn
-
Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
Implies -b subtree-dn if no
-b
or
-n
option is given.
Deprecated; use -H ldap:///subtree-dn instead.
- -v
-
Enable verbose mode.
For some backend types, your
slapd(8) should not be running (at least,
not in read-write mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the
database. It is always safe to run
slapcat with the
slapd-mdb(5), and
slapd-null(5) backends.
To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
ldif, give the command:
/usr/sbin/slapcat -l ldif
ldap(3),
ldif(5),
slapadd(8),
ldapadd(1),
slapd(8)
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (
http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
<
http://www.openldap.org/>.
OpenLDAP Software is derived from the
University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.