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Requesting a batched transaction using ldapmodify

About this task

You can run the ldapmodify tool’s --useTransaction option to process multiple operations as part of a single batched transaction.

Steps

  1. Create a batch text file with the changes that you want to apply as a single atomic unit.

    Example:

    dn:uid=user.3,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: delete
dn:uid=user.1,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
replace: pager
pager: +1 383 288 1090

  2. To run the batched transaction, run the ldapmodify tool with the --useTransaction and --filename options.

    Example:

    $ bin/ldapmodify --useTransaction --filename test.ldif

    Result:

    #Successfully created a transaction with transaction ID 400
#Processing DELETE request for uid=user.3,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
#DELETE operation successful for DN uid=user.3,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
#This operation will be processed as part of transaction 400
#Processing MODIFY request for uid=user.1,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
#MODIFY operation successful for DN uid=user.1,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
#This operation will be processed as part of transaction 400
#Successfully committed transaction 400