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6 ldbedit - Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor
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9 ldbedit [-?] [--usage] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-a] [-e editor]
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13 ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in tdb files,
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19 -?, --help
20 Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that
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24 Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option,
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27 -H <ldb-url>
28 LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database, this will be of the form
29 tdb://filename. For a LDAP connection over unix domain sockets,
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31 LDAP connection over TCP, this will be of the form ldap://hostname.
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35 Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.
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38 Edit all records. This allows you to apply the same change to a
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43 Specify the editor that should be used (overrides the VISUAL and
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52 Make ldbedit more verbose about the operations that are being
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58 LDB URL to connect to. This can be overridden by using the -H
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62 Environment variables used to determine what editor to use. VISUAL
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67 This man page is correct for version 1.1 of LDB.
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70 ldb(3), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)
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73 ldb was written by Andrew Tridgell[1].
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79 This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated by Brad Hards.
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