Re: How to delete an entire branch of the tree?

[Alejandra Moreno <alejandra.moreno@atrete.ch>]

Hi!
This command will delete also the ou=myorgunit, and I just want to delete
the children, is it that possible?

At 09:40 13.12.2001 +1300, you wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Alejandra
> Moreno wrote:
> > I would like to know what is the ldap command that deletes all the
> entries 
> > under certain branch of the tree. For example, I tried something
> like:
> > 
> > ldapdelete -x -D "cn=root,ou=myorgunit,o=myorg,dc=mydc" -W
> > 'cn=*,ou=myorgunit,o=myorg,dc=mydc'
>
> You need to tell it to recursively delete.
> [snip from the man page for ldapdelete]
>
>  -r     Do a recursive delete. If the DN
> specified isn't a
>         leaf, its children, and 
> all  their  children  are
>         deleted down the tree. No
> verification is done, so
>         if you add this  switch,
> ldapdelete  will  happily
>         delete large portions of your
> tree. Use with care.
>
> ldapdelete -x -r -D 'cn=root,ou=myorgunit,o=myorg,dc=mydc' -W 
> "ou=myorgunit,o=myorg,dc=mydc"
>
> should work and delete all the children of myorgunit.
> If you are using TLS you should also add the -ZZ flag, otherwise your
> root
> password can be sniffed.
>
> Barry Wright

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