Re: Script for mass updates

[Jephte Clain <jephte.clain@univ-reunion.fr>]

using michaël's filter, you could try this:

ldapsearch [options] '(&(ou:dn:=people)(!(ou=system))(!(displayName=*)))' cn | awk '

/^dn:/ {

  print

  print "changetype: modify"

  print "replace: displayName"

  next

}

/^cn:/ {

  sub(/^cn/, "displayName")

}

{ print }

' | ldapmodify [options]

we aren't doing your homework, are we? :-)

regards,

Jephté

2017-02-01 18:50 GMT+04:00 Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>:

Nick Milas wrote:
> Does anyone have a ready-made script (e.g. bash) that would do the following:
>
>  Loop on all entries in the ou=people branch where ou <> "system" {
>    If attribute DisplayName does not exist{
>       Set DisplayName to the value of attibute cn
>   }
>  }

You could use this LDAP filter to retrieve all entries you have to modify and their 'cn'
attribute:

(&(ou:dn:=people)(!(ou=system))(!(displayName=*)))

Applying this simple LDIF to all the entries found is left as exercise to the reader:

dn: cn=dummy,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: displayName
displayName: <value taken from 'cn'>

Ciao, Michael.

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