ldapvi! Very interesting tool. I tried it after reading this email. > * Gavin Henry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [080829 21:44]: >> Adam Williams wrote: >> >I have a bunch of users that have a mail entry I want to delete. As an >> >example: >> > >> >dn: uid=jdoe$,ou=Computers,dc=mdah,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us >> >mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >I know I can delete them one at a time with the following ldif for each >> >user and run it manually >> > >> >dn: uid=jdoe$,ou=Computers,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us >> >changetype: modify >> >delete: mail >> >mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >but is there a way to automate the process or globally drop mail: from >> >every uid in the ou=Computers? >> >> Script it or export the data, edit with sed and re-import etc. > > That's what ldapvi is for - regular expressions within the full database > without issues. > > > Cheers, > Andi > -- > http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ > > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > >
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