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8.0 Product PingDirectory Product documentation Content Type Administrator Audience IT Administrator Administration User task Software Deployment Method Capability Directory
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Open a text editor and create an entry that conforms with your schema. For
example, add the following entry in the file and save the file as
add-user.ldif. For the
userPassword
attribute, enter the cleartext password. The Directory Server encrypts the password and stores its encrypted value in the server. Make sure that the LDIF file has limited read permissions for only authorized administrators.dn: uid=user.2000,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson postalAddress: Toby Hall$73600 Mash Street$Cincinnati, OH 50563 postalCode: 50563 description: This is the description for Toby Hall. uid: user.2000 userPassword: wordsmith employeeNumber: 2000 initials: TBH givenName: Toby pager: +1 596 232 3321 mobile: +1 039 311 9878 cn: Toby Hall sn: Hall telephoneNumber: +1 097 678 9688 street: 73600 Mash Street homePhone: +1 214 233 8484 l: Cincinnati mail: user.2000@maildomain.net st: OH
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Use the ldapmodify tool to add the entry specified in the
LDIF file. You will see a confirmation message of the addition. If the command
is successful, you will see generated success messages with the "#"
symbol.
$ bin/ldapmodify --defaultAdd --filename add-user.ldif
# Processing ADD request for uid=user.2000,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com # ADD operation successful for DN uid=user.2000,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com