Re: Need to make a database wide change

[Gerrit Thomson <334647@swin.edu.au>]

Hi Folks,
    my method for this kind of change would be to export to ldif, then use a
text file manipulation program to do global replaces then import the ldif
file again. If performed during a low time then there shoudl be minimal
break in service.

Another thing is to redirect email coming in for the old domain to the new
domain, this should be handled my your mail adminitrator.
   Cheers,
      Gerrit Thomson.

Chris Zimmerman wrote:

> I am running an LDAP database only as a company address book for
> Netscape and Outlook clients.  Recently, out company decided to change
> its name and its domain name.  The problem I have is that all entries in
> the ldap database under the 'mail:' field show our old domain name.  How
> do I make the change to all entries?  Do I need to create a second
> database?  If so, how do I get the data from one database to another if
> the text file that started the database is not current?
>
> On a side note, does anyone know how to get Outlook 98 to display the
> entire LDAP database?  Netscape does a great job by allowing '*'  to be
> passed, this does not work under Outlook.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Zimmerman