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SLAPCAT(8C) SLAPCAT(8C)
slapcat - SLAPD database to LDIF utility
SBINDIR/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 slapcat(8) 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:
SBINDIR/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.
This page is part of the OpenLDAP (an open source implementation
of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.openldap.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this
manual page, see ⟨http://www.openldap.org/its/⟩. This page was
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OpenLDAP LDVERSION RELEASEDATE SLAPCAT(8C)
Pages that refer to this page: ldif(5), slapd.access(5), slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5), slapd-mdb(5), slapd-null(5), slapd.plugin(5), slapd-wt(5), slapadd(8), slapcat(8), slapd(8), slapmodify(8)
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