Overview#
ModifyRequest is a LDAP Message used to update an existing LDAP Entry in the DIT.The modify request LDAP Message is defined in RFC 4511 as follows:
ModifyRequest ::= [APPLICATION 6] SEQUENCE
{
object LDAPDN,
changes SEQUENCE OF change SEQUENCE
{
operation ENUMERATED
{
add (0),
delete (1),
replace (2),
...
},
modification PartialAttribute
}
}
Fields of the Modify Request are:#
- object: The value of this field contains the name of the entry to be modified. The server SHALL NOT perform any alias dereferencing in determining the object to be modified.
- changes: A list of modifications to be performed on the LDAP Entry. The entire list of modifications MUST be performed in the order they are listed as a single atomic operation. While individual modifications may violate certain aspects of the directory schema (such as the ObjectClass Types and DIT Content Rule, the resulting entry after the entire list of modifications is performed MUST conform to the requirements of the directory model and controlling schema RFC 4512.
- operation: Used to specify the type of modification being performed. Each operation type acts on the following modification.
Modify Response#
Upon receipt of a Modify Request, the server attempts to perform the necessary modifications to the DIT and returns the result in a Modify Response. The server will return to the client a single Modify Response indicating either the successful completion of the DIT modification, or the reason that the modification failed.LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)#
For LDIF the modify ChangeType directive is used along with the LDAP ModifyRequest Operations directive.The elements of the modify request include:
- The DN of the entry to modify.
- One or more LDAP ModifyRequest Operations elements indicating the changes to make in the entry.
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- Access Log
- Add Modification-type
- Back-end
- ChangeType
- Create Read Update Delete
- DefinitionModificationType
- Delete Modification-type
- Dereference Policy
- FLAIM Block Cache
- Glossary Of LDAP And Directory Terminology
- LDAP
- LDAP Assertion Control
- LDAP Data Interchange Format
- LDAP Message
- LDAP Modify-Increment Extension
- LDAP ModifyRequest Operations
- LDAP Post-Read Control
- LDAP Pre-Read Control
- LDAP Result Codes
- LDAP and Global Catalog
- LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE
- LDAP_SERVER_BATCH_REQUEST_OID
- LDAP_SERVER_PERMISSIVE_MODIFY
- LDAP_TYPE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS
- LDAP_UNDEFINED_TYPE
- LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM
- MatchingRule
- Modify
- Modify Response
- Ndstrace Log Searches
- Replace Modification-type
- Resource Action
- Transaction Specification Control
- XDAS Account Management
