ldbedit(1) [debian man page]

LDBEDIT(1)							  [FIXME: manual]							LDBEDIT(1)

NAME

       ldbedit - Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor

SYNOPSIS

       ldbedit [-?] [--usage] [-s base|one|sub] [-b basedn] [-a] [-e editor] [-H LDB-URL] [expression] [attributes...]

DESCRIPTION

       ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in tdb files, sqlite files or LDAP servers) using your preferred editor. ldbedit
       generates an LDIF file based on your query, allows you to edit the LDIF, and then merges that LDIF back into the LDB backend.

OPTIONS

       -?, --help
	   Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that option does.

       --usage
	   Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option, however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter.

       -H <ldb-url>
	   LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database, this will be of the form tdb://filename. For a LDAP connection over unix domain sockets,
	   this will be of the form ldapi://socket. For a (potentially remote) LDAP connection over TCP, this will be of the form ldap://hostname.
	   For an SQLite database, this will be of the form sqlite://filename.

       -s one|sub|base
	   Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.

       -a, -all
	   Edit all records. This allows you to apply the same change to a number of records at once. You probably want to combine this with an
	   expression of the form "objectclass=*".

       -e editor, --editor editor
	   Specify the editor that should be used (overrides the VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables). If this option is not used, and neither
	   VISUAL nor EDITOR environment variables are set, then the vi editor will be used.

       -b basedn
	   Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.

       -v, --verbose
	   Make ldbedit more verbose about the operations that are being performed. Without this option, ldbedit will only provide a summary
	   change line.

ENVIRONMENT

       LDB_URL
	   LDB URL to connect to. This can be overridden by using the -H command-line option.)

       VISUAL and EDITOR
	   Environment variables used to determine what editor to use. VISUAL takes precedence over EDITOR, and both are overridden by the -e
	   command-line option.

VERSION

       This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

       ldb(3), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)

AUTHOR

       ldb was written by Andrew Tridgell[1].

       If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see the http://ldb.samba.org/ web site for current contact and maintainer
       information.

       This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated by Brad Hards.

NOTES

	1. Andrew Tridgell
	   http://samba.org/~tridge/

[FIXME: source] 						    04/19/2012								LDBEDIT(1)

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TDBBACKUP(8)						    System Administration tools 					      TDBBACKUP(8)

NAME

       tdbbackup - tool for backing up and for validating the integrity of samba .tdb files

SYNOPSIS

       tdbbackup [-s suffix] [-v] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.

       tdbbackup is a tool that may be used to backup samba .tdb files. This tool may also be used to verify the integrity of the .tdb files prior
       to samba startup or during normal operation. If it finds file damage and it finds a prior backup the backup file will be restored.

OPTIONS

       -h
	   Get help information.

       -s suffix
	   The -s option allows the adminisistrator to specify a file backup extension. This way it is possible to keep a history of tdb backup
	   files by using a new suffix for each backup.

       -v
	   The -v will check the database for damages (currupt data) which if detected causes the backup to be restored.

COMMANDS

       GENERAL INFORMATION

       The tdbbackup utility can safely be run at any time. It was designed so that it can be used at any time to validate the integrity of tdb
       files, even during Samba operation. Typical usage for the command will be:

       tdbbackup [-s suffix] *.tdb

       Before restarting samba the following command may be run to validate .tdb files:

       tdbbackup -v [-s suffix] *.tdb

       Samba .tdb files are stored in various locations, be sure to run backup all .tdb file on the system. Important files includes:

       o    secrets.tdb - usual location is in the /usr/local/samba/private directory, or on some systems in /etc/samba.

       o    passdb.tdb - usual location is in the /usr/local/samba/private directory, or on some systems in /etc/samba.

       o    *.tdb located in the /usr/local/samba/var directory or on some systems in the /var/cache or /var/lib/samba directories.

VERSION

       This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR

       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

       The tdbbackup man page was written by John H Terpstra.

Samba 3.5							    06/18/2010							      TDBBACKUP(8)

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