Deleting entries using ldapmodify
About this task
You can use the LDIF changetype directive to delete an entry from the PingDirectory server using the ldapmodify
tool.
You can only delete leaf entries. |
Steps
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Delete an entry using the
ldapmodify
tool.-
From the command line run the
ldapmodify
tool with thechangetype:delete
option. -
Enter the distinguished name (DN) and press
Enter
to go to the next line. -
Enter the
changetype
directive. -
Press
Ctrl+D
twice to enter the end-of-file (EOF) sequence (UNIX) orCtrl+Z
(Windows).Example:
$ bin/ldapmodify --hostname server1.example.com -port 389 --bindDN "uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com" --bindPassword password dn:uid=user.14,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: delete
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