You can run the ldapmodify tool’s --useTransaction option to process multiple operations as part of a single batched transaction.
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Create a batch text file with the changes that you want to apply as a single atomic
unit.
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 -
To run the batched transaction, run the ldapmodify tool with the
--useTransaction and --filename options.
$ bin/ldapmodify --useTransaction --filename test.ldif#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