John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 16:28 -0600, Rich Megginson wrote: > >> John A. Sullivan III wrote: >> >>> Hello, all. We've recently undergone a corporate name and domain >>> change, let's say from oldname.biz to newname.com. Consequently, we >>> need to rename the top level of our LDAP structure. We installed CentOS >>> Directory Server 8.1 into dc=oldname,dc=biz and now need that entire >>> structure to have dc=newname,dc=com at the top. Everything else stays >>> the same. >>> >>> I realize I'll need to edit all my ACIs and repoint all my LDAP clients, >>> but is there an easy way to rename the tree? I'd hate to try to move all >>> the elements (especially since I believe we can only move leaves) and >>> worse yet have to recreate the entire tree :-(((( >>> >>> I assume it is not as simple as going to the top level object in the >>> directory, going to advanced properties and changing the entrydn. >>> Thanks - John >>> >>> >> With 389 1.2.6 you can do a subtree rename operation. Otherwise, I >> suggest you >> dump to ldif >> run a script on the ldif to convert oldname to newname >> import from ldif >> > <snip> > Yes, the features in 1.2.6 have me drooling! But it looks like I'll need > to go the ldif route. Any caveats, e.g., shutting down dirsrv before > starting? Is it as simple as dump, edit, import? Thanks - John > Anything under the subtree cn=config will need to be changed after the ldif dump and before importing the new data Also, anything under o=NetscapeRoot (if you're using the console) will likely need to change too if it refers to the old suffix > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users >
