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LDIF

Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: 13 November 1995
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ldif - LDAP Data Interchange Format

DESCRIPTION

The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is used to represent LDAPentries in text form. Theldif2ldbm(8)tools can be used to convert from LDIF format to the LDBM formatused byslapd(8).Theldbmcat(8)tool can be used to do the reverse conversion. See "The SLAPD andSLURPD Administrator's Guide" for more information on this format andthe conversion tools.

The basic form of an LDIF entry is:

        [<id>]        dn: <distinguished name>        <attrtype>: <attrvalue>        <attrtype>: <attrvalue>        ...

where <id> is the optional entry ID (a positive decimal number).Normally, you would not supply the <id>, allowing the database creationtools to do that for you. Theldbmcat(8)program, however, produces an LDIF format that includes <id> so thatnew indexes created will be consistent with the existing database. Aline may be continued by starting the next line with a single space ortab character, e.g.,

        dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen, o=University of Michi         gan, c=US

Multiple attribute values are specified on separate lines, e.g.,

        cn: Barbara J Jensen        cn: Babs Jensen

If an <attrvalue> contains a non-printing character, or begins with aspace or a colon ':', the <attrtype> is followed by a double colon andthe value is encoded in base 64 notation. e.g., the value " begins witha space" would be encoded like this:

        cn:: IGJlZ2lucyB3aXRoIGEgc3BhY2U=

Multiple entries within the same LDIF file are separated by blanklines.

EXAMPLE

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

        dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen, o=University of Michi         gan, c=US        cn: Barbara J Jensen        cn: Babs Jensen        objectclass: person        sn: Jensen        dn: cn=Bjorn J Jensen, o=University of Michi         gan, c=US        cn: Bjorn J Jensen        cn: Bjorn Jensen        objectclass: person        sn: Jensen        dn: cn=Jennifer J Jensen, o=University of Michi         gan, c=US        cn: Jennifer J Jensen        cn: Jennifer Jensen        objectclass: person        sn: Jensen        jpegPhoto:: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAAAAAQABAAD/2wBDABALD         A4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQ         ERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2P/2wBDARESEhgVG        ...

Notice that the jpegPhoto in Jennifer Jensen's entry is encoded usingbase 64.

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