ldapvi 1.6 review
Downloadldapvi is an interactive LDAP client for Unix terminals
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ldapvi is an interactive LDAP client for Unix terminals. Using it, you can update LDAP entries with a text editor.
Think of it as vipw(1) for LDAP.
What's New in This Release:
New features:
SASL support (thanks to Perry Nguyen)
new command line arguments -I, -Q, -O, -R, -Y, -X, -U, as well as --bind and --bind-dialog
new keys 'B' and '*'
incompatible change: renamed --root to --read and dropped its short name -R
new value encodings md5, smd5, sha1, ssha1 (thanks to Michael Hanselmann)
incompatible change: value encoding md5 renamed to cryptmd5
new configure option --with-libcrypto
extended ldapvi syntax with change records
new key 'V'
new command line arguments --in, --out, --delete, --rename
LDIF support in the editor
new command line arguments --ldif, --ldapvi, --ldapsearch, --ldapmodify, --ldapdelete, --ldapmoddn, --add
incompatible change: old command line argument --add renamed to --empty
UTF-8 support; new command line option --encoding
use libreadline to read the user name
support for configuration files ~/.ldapvirc or /etc/ldapvi.conf in ldapvi syntax, taking precedence over .ldaprc and /etc/ldap.conf if present
new command line argument --profile
new command line argument --ldap-conf
show optional attributes as comments
new command line argument -m (--may)
new key '+'
new key 'f': forget deletions
continuous mode, similar to ldapmodify -c
new key 'Y'
new command line argument -c (--continue)
incompatible change: -c does not mean --config anymore
incompatible change: new command line option --noninteractive
-! means --noninteractive now, not --noquestions
C-l clears the screen
pipe --help to a pager if used on a terminal
Bugfixes:
always replace entire attributes (fixing a bug reported by Javier Barroso)
fixed LDIF export to always Base64-encode non-ASCII values
oops: escape backslashes properly
schema reading (--class) works with Fedora DS now
Build change:
preprocessor sellout: automagically #ifdefed support for libldap 2.1
Last not least:
new documentation in manual/manual.xml
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