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Re: [ldapmodify] multiple entries of the same attibute

Am Freitag, 13. Oktober 2017 17:06 CEST, richard lucassen <mailinglists@lucassen.org> schrieb:

> On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:29:23 +0200
> "Ralf Mattes" <rm@mh-freiburg.de> wrote:
>
> > > mail: user1@example.com
> > > mail: user2@example.com
> > > mail: user3@example.com
> > >
> > > Is there a way to tell ldapmodify to change just a particular entry?
> >
> > A change of a single value equals a delete of that value plus an add
> > of the new value, doesn't it?
>
> Yep, but ldapmodify deletes *all* "mail:" entries. If I tcpdump the
> stream of a jxplorer session, I see a modify request, which consists of
> indeed a delete and an add. But the "delete" has an attribute value:

Off course, that was my whole point - you need to delete the value you want to
modify, then add the new value.

> +modification: 2 items
>  +modification: item
>    operation: delete (1)
>    + modification: mail
>       type: mail
>      + vals: 1 item
>         AttributeValue: user2@example.com
>    operation: add (0)
>    + modification: mail
>       type: mail
>      + vals: 1 item
>         AttributeValue: otheruser@example.com
>
> How do I tell ldapmodify just to delete 1 particular item with
> AttributeValue=X, and not all of them?

changetype: modify
delete: <attribute name>
<attribute name>: <attribute value>

HTH, Ralf Mattes

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