The following example demonstrates use of the command to add an entry to the directory. $ cat newuser.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com uid: newuser facsimileTelephoneNumber: +1 408 555 1213 objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: top givenName: New cn: New User cn: Real Name telephoneNumber: +1 408 555 1212 sn: Jensen roomNumber: 1234 homeDirectory: /home/newuser uidNumber: 10389 mail: newuser@example.com l: South Pole ou: Product Development ou: People gidNumber: 10636 $ ldapmodify -p 1389 -a -f newuser.ldif \ -D uid=kvaughan,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com -w bribery Processing ADD request for uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com ADD operation successful for DN uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com The following listing shows a UNIX shell script that adds a user entry. #!/bin/sh # # Add a new user with the ldapmodify utility. # usage(){ echo "Usage: $0 uid firstname lastname" exit 1 } [[ $# -lt 3 ]] && usage LDAPMODIFY=/path/to/opendj/bin/ldapmodify HOST=opendj.example.com PORT=1389 ADMIN=uid=kvaughan,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com PWD=bribery $LDAPMODIFY -h $HOST -p $PORT -D $ADMIN -w $PWD -a <<EOF dn: uid=$1,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com uid: $1 objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson cn: $2 $3 givenName: $2 sn: $3 mail: $1@example.com EOF The following example demonstrates adding a Description attribute to the new user's entry. $ cat newdesc.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: description description: A new user's entry $ ldapmodify -p 1389 -f newdesc.ldif \ -D uid=kvaughan,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com -w bribery Processing MODIFY request for uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com MODIFY operation successful for DN uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com The following example demonstrates changing the Description attribute for the new user's entry. $ cat moddesc.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify replace: description description: Another description $ ldapmodify -p 1389 -f moddesc.ldif \ -D uid=kvaughan,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com -w bribery Processing MODIFY request for uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com MODIFY operation successful for DN uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com The following example demonstrates deleting the new user's entry. $ cat deluser.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: delete $ ldapmodify -p 1389 -f deluser.ldif \ -D uid=kvaughan,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com -w bribery Processing DELETE request for uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com DELETE operation successful for DN uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com