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Chapter 10. Command-Line Scripts
This chapter provides information on the scripts for managing Red Hat Directory Server, such as backing-up and restoring the database. Scripts are a shortcut way of executing the
ns-slapd interface commands that are documented in Appendix A, Using the ns-slapd Command-Line Utilities.
10.1. Finding and Executing Command-Line Scripts
In Red Hat Directory Server 10, the scripts are located in the following directories:
- The core scripts are located in the
/usr/sbin/and/usr/bin/directories. - Scripts running on instances are stored in the
/usr/sbin/directory. Use the-Z instance_nameoption with the commands in order to set the instance the script should be executed on.
Note
The
/usr/lib64/dirsrv/slapd-instance/ directory previously used for command-line scripts is deprecated. However, until the instance-specific scripts are removed in a future Directory Server release, existing scripts in this directory are updated when running the setup-ds.pl --update command.
For further details and a list of scripts, see Chapter 10, Command-Line Scripts.
All the instance-specific scripts also exist in
/usr/sbin/. All the other scripts are only located in /usr/bin/.
When scripts request either a directory name or a file name, always provide the absolute path. The scripts expect the
dse.ldif file is located in the /etc/dirsrv/slapd-instance/ directory.
Table 10.1, “Shell Scripts” and Table 10.2, “Perl Scripts” list the available Directory Server scripts and specify their exact locations.