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Created April 20, 2017 13:44
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Convert LDAP Schema to LDIF
#!/bin/bash
#
# Stolen from https://stuckinadoloop.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/script-to-convert-openldap-schema-files-to-ldif-format/
SCHEMAD=/etc/openldap/schema
SCHEMAS='dhcp.schema'
tmpd=`mktemp -d`
pushd ${tmpd} >>/dev/null
echo include ${SCHEMAD}/core.schema > convert.dat
for schema in ${SCHEMAS} ; do
echo include ${SCHEMAD}/${schema} >> convert.dat
done
slaptest -f convert.dat -F .
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
echo "slaptest conversion failed"
exit
fi
for schema in ${SCHEMAS} ; do
fullpath=${SCHEMAD}/${schema}
schema_name=`basename ${fullpath} .schema`
schema_dir=`dirname ${fullpath}`
ldif_file=${schema_name}.ldif
find . -name *${schema_name}.ldif -exec mv '{}' ./${ldif_file} \;
# TODO: these sed invocations could all be combined
sed -i "/dn:/ c dn: cn=${schema_name},cn=schema,cn=config" ${ldif_file}
sed -i "/cn:/ c cn: ${schema_name}" ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/structuralObjectClass/ d' ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/entryUUID/ d' ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/creatorsName/ d' ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/createTimestamp/ d' ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/entryCSN/ d' ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/modifiersName/ d' ${ldif_file}
sed -i '/modifyTimestamp/ d' ${ldif_file}
# slapd seems to be very sensitive to how a file ends. There should be no blank lines.
sed -i '/^ *$/d' ${ldif_file}
mv ${ldif_file} ${schema_dir}
done
popd >>/dev/null
rm -rf $tmpd
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