.TH SLAPDN 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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.SH NAME
slapdn \- Check a list of string-represented DNs based on schema syntax.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B SBINDIR/slapdn
.B [\-v]
.B [\-d level]
.B [\-f slapd.conf]
.B [\-F confdir]
.B [\-N | \-P]
.B DN [...]
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B Slapdn
is used to check the conformance of a DN based on the schema
defined in
.BR slapd (8)
and that loaded via 
.BR slapd.conf (5).
It opens the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
configuration file, reads in the schema definitions, and then
parses the 
.B DN
list given on the command-line.
.LP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
enable verbose mode.
.TP
.BI \-d " level"
enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
.IR level .
.TP
.BI \-f " slapd.conf"
specify an alternative
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
.BI \-F " confdir"
specify a config directory.
If both
.B -f
and
.B -F
are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
config directory format and written to the specified directory.
If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
default config directory will be made before trying to use the default
config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
default config file is ignored.
.TP
.BI \-N
only output a normalized form of the DN, suitable to be used
in a normalization tool; incompatible with
.BR \-P .
.TP
.BI \-P
only output a prettified form of the DN, suitable to be used
in a check and beautification tool; incompatible with
.BR \-N .
.SH EXAMPLES
To check a
.B DN
give the command:
.LP
.nf
.ft tt
	SBINDIR/slapdn -f /ETCDIR/slapd.conf -v DN
.ft
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ldap (3),
.BR slapd (8)
.BR slaptest (8)
.LP
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.B OpenLDAP
is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
.B OpenLDAP
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.