!!! Overview We created a template LDIF file for your usage. (see [attached|NIX Workstation Conversions/computer-account.ldif]) Or, these may also work for you: !! Execution You may wish to edit the values in the [LDIF |NIX Workstation Conversions/computer-account.ldif]. (Check the operatingSystem: and operatingSystemVersion: values for instance) Then from a [command-line], the following line should replace all entries in the LDIF file with value COMPUTERNAME with the TEST variable and save to a new ldif file. (We tested this on Linux using BASH) Either set a variable or use $HOSTNAME (Which normally would be the "hostname -s" value) {{{ TEST=ANEWHOST }}} Then execute: {{{ sed 's/COMPUTERNAME/$TEST/' computer-account.ldif > $TEST.ldif }}} !! Add Computer Then, to add the entry: {{{ ldapadd -x -H ldap://adldap.YOURDOMAIN.net/ -D "CN=USERONE,OU=Sales,OU=Accounts,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET" -W -f $TEST.ldif }}} you should get a response like: {{{ adding new entry "CN=ANEWHOST,OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET" }}} ! List Computer(s) To check the entries in the OU=AIX container, use: (it may take a moment or two to show up) {{{ ldapsearch -x -H ldap://adldap.YOURDOMAIN.net/ -b "OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET" -D "CN=USERONE,OU=Sales,OU=Accounts,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET" -W -LLL 1.1 }}} It will list the names like: {{{ dn: OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET dn: CN=APC16S240b,OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET dn: CN=ANEWHOST,OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET }}} ! Delete Computer To delete an entry in the container (Change the values for "CN=ANEWHOST,OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET") and execute: {{{ ldapdelete -x -H ldap://adldap.YOURDOMAIN.net/ -D "CN=USERONE,OU=Sales,OU=Accounts,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET" -W "CN=ANEWHOST,OU=AIX,OU=Servers,DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=NET" }}} As the ldap utilities syntax varies from one host and version to another, these may need tweaking a bit. !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]