RE: Modifying the RDN

[Voglmaier, R. E. <rv...@Gl...>]

Ayman,

this cannot work. I think you get an error message saying something =
like:=20
	subtree rename not supported.

the problem is that you try to move an entire subtree. since=20
dn: ou=3Dfirst,o=3Dworld    has children, that have the names

dn: cn=3Dchild1, ou=3Dfirst,o=3Dworld   =20
dn: cn=3Dchild1, ou=3Dfirst,o=3Dworld   =20

ecc. they should change name also.in cn=3Dchild1, ou=3Dsecond, =
o=3Dworld

new superior does not mean that the children of this entry should =
change,
but that the entry change its parent.
in your case it would mean that you give ou=3Dfirst, o=3Dworld a new =
daddy, but
this is not your case.

now back to your example, you should=20
*	add the new entry
		dn: ou=3Dsecond, o=3Dworld
*	change rdn of all children
		here you have to be very exact !!!
		dn: cn=3Dchild1, ou=3Dfirst, o=3Dworld
		changetype: modrdn
		newrdn: child1
		deleterdn: 0
		newsuperior: ou=3Dsecond, o=3Dworld

cheers
reinhard


btw:
exactly this case I gave as example in my upcoming book about LDAP.=20

( the title is not yet quite clear, but if you are interested in, drop =
me an
e-mail )

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ayman Alashquar [SMTP:as...@at...]
> Sent:	mercoled=EC 2 ottobre 2002 00:23
> To:	per...@li...
> Subject:	Modifying the RDN
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> Hi all,
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> Does any one know how to change the RDN withing a DN , e.g., the =
DN=3D
> ou=3Dfirst,o=3Dworld need to be changed to ou=3Dsecond,o=3Dworld =
knowing that the
> original ou=3Dfirst has children entries that should not be deleted. =
We are
> using iPlanet LDAP server 4.x
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> I have tried the following LDIF file using ldapmmodify  but it didnot
> work:
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> dn: ou=3Dfirst,o=3Dworld
> changetype: modrdn
> newrdn: ou=3Dsecond
> deleteoldrdn: 0
> newsuperior: o=3Dworld
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> Best Regards,
>=20
> Ayman Alashquar
>=20
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