Well, I finally found out the answers to my own questions. For posterity's sake, I figure I will go ahead and post the answer online here, in case somebody else somewhere down the line also needs the answer to this same question:
In iPlanet Directory Server 5.0, if you want to do a full export of the entire LDAP database, then the following basic syntax will suffice, assuming that you are using the default database that is created for you: db2ldif -n userRoot The exact command, if entered above, will export the LDAP database into an LDIF file into the current directory with a filename that corresponds to the current date and time. The -n parameter refers to the name of the database that is being used to store the LDAP data in binary format. This can actually be found in the iPlanet Console under the "Configuration" tab and then the "Data" expandable tree. By default, the database is named "userRoot". Therefore, you could automate a nightly export of your LDAP data into LDIF format by adding the following to cron (on UNIX) or AT (on WinNT): <server_path>/db2ldif -n userRoot -a <path_to_new_ldif_file> Now the above is the syntax for doing a full export. I didn't bother to test out how to do an export of a subtree. When I ever come across the need to do that and I figure out the syntax for that, I'll try and post that here someday. USENET's been around for 20+ years, what the heck? Maybe somebody a couple of years from now will read this post via Google Groups and be looking for this exact same info. - Hyder Khan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hyder Khan) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Greetings fellow LDAPpers! > > Here is iPlanet's official documentation on the use of the db2ldif > command utlity for iPlanet Directory Server 5.0. (I'm using WinNT but > I'm sure that UNIX users could benefit / contribute by participating > in this thread: > > http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/directory/50/html/cli/scripts.htm#23620 > > However, is it just me being clueless or does the documentation never > provide any EXAMPLES on HOW to use this command? I have no idea what > the command is looking for in terms of the '-n' or the '-s' parameter. > > Can anyone please provide any concrete examples of the proper syntax? > > 1) I'm trying to export EVERYTHING from LDAP into an LDIF file. > > 2) I would also like to know how to export only a SUBTREE from LDAP to > LDIF. > (eg- ou=myorganizationalunit,o=myorganization,c=us) > > Thanks! > Hyder Khan
