If have installed iDS 6.0 on Solaris 8 Box

Question

I do updates nighlty vi ldif and use ldif2ldap (which calls ldapmodify -c -a ...) but it only adds entries to the database what if I make a change to an existing user in my ldif? From what I can tell, it doesn't get proagated. How can I rewrite the data or make sure the is uploaded with new data.

Answer 1

Is this Directory Server 5.0? The title might have a typo, it's saying that you are using 6.0.
I believe that when you are using ldapmodify -c -a,
the -c flag stands for continue on error and the -a
flag allows you to add LDIF entries to the directory without requiring the changetype:add LDIF update statement. This provides a simplified method of adding entries to the directory. This option also allows you to directly add a file created by ldapsearch.
What you are actually wanting though, I believe is
a changetype: modify,
as the Directory entry already exists, but you just
want to change one attribute.
If you scan through the access logs when this operation happens, you might see an err=20 for that
addition, which should have been a modification. Err=20 stands for type or value exists.