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ghm1014
Asked: 2013-07-10 06:36:13 +0800 CST

LDAP export attributes based on a different schema or import only valid attributes

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I'm trying to export LDAP data from a Zimbra schema into a basic OpenLDAP schema. Obviously the Zimbra schema has much more attributes than the basic OpenLDAP. My question is if there is a way of:

  • Either export the LDAP data filtering only attributes present on the basic OpenLDAP schema
  • Or having a full export of the LDAP data with Zimbra attributes, somehow import only the valid attributes
  • Or if there is a tool to modify the LDIF file to remove the attributes not present in the basic OpenLDAP schema

The LDAP has a few hundred of nodes, so I was looking for a way to make this at least semi-automatically

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  1. Best Answer

    • First, it should be possible to add the Zimbra specific schema to any LDAP server and just import the LDIF file in the usual way.

    • Second, you can use the -c switch of ldapadd to continue operations in case of errors (and the -S switch to log this stuff). Obviously, you need to test if you still have a usable structure when doing this.

    • Third, if you need only a subset of fields, you can dump only the attributes you are interested when using ldapsearch.

    See the respective man pages.

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