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SLAPCAT(8C)                                                  SLAPCAT(8C)

NAME         top

       slapcat - SLAPD database to LDIF utility

SYNOPSIS         top

       SBINDIR/slapcat [-afilter] [-bsuffix] [-c] [-ddebug-level]
       [-fslapd.conf] [-Fconfdir] [-g] [-HURI] [-lldif-file] [-ndbnum]
       [-ooption[=value]] [-ssubtree-dn] [-v]

DESCRIPTION         top

       Slapcat is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format
       (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a slapd(8) database.  It
       opens the given database determined by the database number or
       suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or
       the specified file.  Databases configured as subordinate of this
       one are also output, unless -g is specified.

       The entry records are presented in database order, not superior
       first order.  The entry records will include all (user and
       operational) attributes stored in the database.  The entry
       records will not include dynamically generated attributes (such
       as subschemaSubentry).

       The output of slapcat is intended to be used as input to
       slapadd(8).  The output of slapcat cannot generally be used as
       input to ldapadd(1) or other LDAP clients without first editing
       the output.  This editing would normally include reordering the
       records into superior first order and removing no-user-
       modification operational attributes.

OPTIONS         top

       -a filter
              Only dump entries matching the asserted filter.  For
              example

              slapcat -a \
                  "(!(entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=People,dc=example,dc=com))"

              will dump all but the "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com"
              subtree of the "dc=example,dc=com" database.  Deprecated;
              use -H ldap:///???(filter) instead.

       -b suffix
              Use the specified suffix to determine which database to
              generate output for. By default, the first database that
              supports the requested operation is used. The -b cannot be
              used in conjunction with the -n option.

       -c     Enable continue (ignore errors) mode.  Multiple
              occurrences of -c make slapcat(8) try harder.

       -d debug-level
              Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
              debug-level; see slapd(8) for details.

       -f slapd.conf
              Specify an alternative slapd.conf(5) file.

       -F confdir
              specify a config directory.  If both -f and -F are
              specified, the config file will be read and converted to
              config directory format and written to the specified
              directory.  If neither option is specified, an attempt to
              read the default config directory will be made before
              trying to use the default config file. If a valid config
              directory exists then the default config file is ignored.

       -g     disable subordinate gluing.  Only the specified database
              will be processed, and not its glued subordinates (if
              any).

       -H  URI
              use dn, scope and filter from URI to only handle matching
              entries.

       -l ldif-file
              Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.

       -n dbnum
              Generate output for the dbnum-th database listed in the
              configuration file. The config database slapd-config(5),
              is always the first database, so use -n 0 to select it.

              The -n cannot be used in conjunction with the -b option.

       -o option[=value]
              Specify an option with a(n optional) value.  Possible
              generic options/values are:

                     syslog=<subsystems>  (see `-s' in slapd(8))
                     syslog-level=<level> (see `-S' in slapd(8))
                     syslog-user=<user>   (see `-l' in slapd(8))

                     ldif_wrap={no|<n>}

              n is the number of columns allowed for the LDIF output
              (n equal to 0 uses the default, corresponding to 78).
              The minimum is 2, leaving space for one character and one
              continuation character.
              Use no for no wrap.

       -s subtree-dn
              Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
              Implies -b subtree-dn if no
              -b
              or
              -n
              option is given.
              Deprecated; use -H ldap:///subtree-dn instead.

       -v     Enable verbose mode.

LIMITATIONS         top

       For some backend types, your slapd(8) should not be running (at
       least, not in read-write mode) when you do this to ensure
       consistency of the database. It is always safe to run slapcat
       with the slapd-mdb(5), and slapd-null(5) backends.

EXAMPLES         top

       To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file
       called ldif, give the command:

            SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap(3), ldif(5), slapadd(8), ldapadd(1), slapd(8)

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide"
       (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
       Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived
       from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

COLOPHON         top

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