How to export LDIF with Microsoft LDIFDE
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Summary
We usually need to request information from the LDAP server exported into an LDIF format in order to troubleshoot the LDAP integration with our applications. We have this page with the instructions of how to do this using Apache Directory Studio which is a free LDAP browser with a graphical interface and provides the functionalites to administer, import and export objects. However in some situations the installation of this software is not authorized and as an alternative we can use Microsoft LDIFDE, which is a native command-line tool that can be used to export LDAP information.
Solution
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This is and example of syntax to export an user:
1ldifde -f output_file.ldif -s LDAP_server_name -d "dc=example,dc=com" -p subtree -r "(&(objectCategory=person)(sAMAccountName=user_name))"This is and example of syntax to export a group:
1ldifde -f output_file.ldif -s LDAP_server_name -d "dc=example,dc=com" -p subtree -r "(&(objectCategory=group)(cn=group_name))"ℹ️ In order to use this tool, you should be familiar with LDAP search filters.
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