ldif
DESCRIPTION
The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is used to repre
sent LDAP entries in text form. LDAP tools, such as lda
padd(1) and ldapsearch(1), read and write LDIF.
The basic form of an LDIF entry is:
dn: <distinguished name>
<attrdesc>: <attrvalue>
<attrdesc>: <attrvalue>
<attrdesc>:: <base64-encoded-value>
<attrdesc>:<
EXAMPLE
sn: Jensen
dn: cn=Jennifer J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
cn: Jennifer J Jensen
cn: Jennifer Jensen
objectclass: person
sn: Jensen
jpegPhoto:: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAAAAAQABAAD/2wBDABALD
A4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQ
ERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2P/2wBDARESEhgVG
...
Notice that the description in Barbara Jensen's entry is
read from file://tmp/babs and the jpegPhoto in Jennifer
Jensen's entry is encoded using base 64.
SEE ALSO
ldap(3), ldapsearch(1), ldapadd(1).
"LDAP Data Interchange Format," Good, G., RFC 2849.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Pro
ject (http://www.openldap.org/). OpenLDAP is derived from
University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
OpenLDAP 2.1.22 06-26-2003 LDIF(5)
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