ldif(5)

LDIF(5)                   FILE FORMATS                    LDIF(5)

NAME

     ldif - LDAP Data Interchange Format

DESCRIPTION

     The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is used to represent
     LDAP  entries  in  text form. LDAP tools, such as ldapadd(1)
     and ldapsearch(1), read and write LDIF.

     The basic form of an LDIF entry is:

         dn: <distinguished name>
         <attrdesc>: <attrvalue>
         <attrdesc>: <attrvalue>
         <attrdesc>:: <base64-encoded-value>
         <attrdesc>:< LDIF(5)                   FILE FORMATS                    LDIF(5)

EXAMPLE

     Here is an example of an LDIF file containing three entries.

         dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
         cn: Barbara J Jensen
         cn: Babs Jensen
         objectclass: person
         description:< file://tmp/babs
         sn: Jensen

         dn: cn=Bjorn J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
         cn: Bjorn J Jensen
         cn: Bjorn Jensen
         objectclass: person
         sn: Jensen

         dn: cn=Jennifer J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
         cn: Jennifer J Jensen
         cn: Jennifer Jensen
         objectclass: person
         sn: Jensen
         jpegPhoto:: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAAAAAQABAAD/2wBDABALD
          A4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQ
          ERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2P/2wBDARESEhgVG
         ...

     Notice that the description in  Barbara  Jensen's  entry  is
     read  from  file://tmp/babs  and  the  jpegPhoto in Jennifer
     Jensen's entry is encoded using base 64.

SEE ALSO

     ldap(3), ldapsearch(1), ldapadd(1).

     "LDAP Data Interchange Format," Good, G., RFC 2849.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
     (http://www.openldap.org/).    OpenLDAP   is   derived  from
     University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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