LDIF Help

LDIF Directory Exchange

General Parameters
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-i Turn on Import Mode (The default is Export)
-f filename Input or Output filename
-s servername The server to bind to (Default to DC of computer’s domain)
-c FromDN ToDN Replace occurences of FromDN to ToDN
-v Turn on Verbose Mode
-j path Log File Location
-t port Port Number (default = 389)
-u Use Unicode format
-w timeout Terminate execution if the server takes longer than the
specified number of seconds to respond to an operation
(default = no timeout specified)
-h Enable SASL layer encryption
-? Help

Export Specific
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-d RootDN The root of the LDAP search (Default to Naming Context)
-r Filter LDAP search filter (Default to “(objectClass=*)”)
-p SearchScope Search Scope (Base/OneLevel/Subtree)
-l list List of attributes (comma separated) to look for
in an LDAP search
-o list List of attributes (comma separated) to omit from
input.
-g Disable Paged Search.
-m Enable the SAM logic on export.
-n Do not export binary values
-x Include deleted objects (tombstones)

Import
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-k The import will go on ignoring ‘Constraint Violation’
and ‘Object Already Exists’ errors
-y The import will use lazy commit for better performance
(enabled by default)
-e The import will not use lazy commit
-q threads The import will use the specified number of threads
(default is 1)

Credentials Establishment
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Note that if no credentials is specified, LDIFDE will bind as the currently
logged on user, using SSPI.

-a UserDN [Password | *] Simple authentication
-b UserName Domain [Password | *] SSPI bind method

Example: Simple import of current domain
ldifde -i -f INPUT.LDF

Example: Simple export of current domain
ldifde -f OUTPUT.LDF

Example: Export of specific domain with credentials
ldifde -m -f OUTPUT.LDF
-b USERNAME DOMAINNAME *
-s SERVERNAME
-d “cn=users,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=Microsoft,DC=Com”
-r “(objectClass=user)”
No log files were written. In order to generate a log file, please specify the log file path via the -j option.

Source: cmd /k ldifde /?