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LDAP_RENAME(3) Library Functions ManualLDAP_RENAME(3)ldap_rename, ldap_rename_s - Renames the specified entry.
OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
#include <ldap.h>int ldap_rename( ld, dn, newrdn, newparent, deleteoldrdn, sctrls[], cctrls[], msgidp ); LDAP *ld; const char *dn, *newrdn, *newparent; int deleteoldrdn; LDAPControl *sctrls[], *cctrls[]; int *msgidp);int ldap_rename_s( ld, dn, newrdn, newparent, deleteoldrdn, sctrls[], cctrls[] ); LDAP *ld; const char *dn, *newrdn, *newparent; int deleteoldrdn; LDAPControl *sctrls[], *cctrls[];
These routines are used to perform a LDAP rename operation. The function changes the leaf component of an entry's distinguished name and optionally moves the entry to a new parent container. Theldap_rename_sperforms a rename operation synchronously. The method takesdn, which points to the distinguished name of the entry whose attribute is being compared,newparent,the distinguished name of the entry's new parent. If this parameter is NULL, only the RDN is changed. The root DN is specified by passing a zero length string, "".deleteoldrdn specifies whether the old RDN should be retained or deleted. Zero indicates that the old RDN should be retained. If you choose this option, the attribute will contain both names (the old and the new). Non-zero indicates that the old RDN should be deleted.serverctrls points to an array of LDAPControl structures that list the client controls to use with this extended operation. Use NULL to specify no client controls.clientctrls points to an array of LDAPControl structures that list the client controls to use with the search.ldap_renameworks just likeldap_rename_s,but the operation is asynchronous. It returns the message id of the request it initiated. The result of this operation can be obtained by callingldap_result(3).
ldap_rename()returns -1 in case of error initiating the request, and will set theld_errno field in theld parameter to indicate the error.ldap_rename_s()returns the LDAP error code resulting from the rename operation.
ldap(3),ldap_modify(3)
OpenLDAP Softwareis developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.OpenLDAP Softwareis derived from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
This page is part of theOpenLDAP (an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) project. Information about the project can be found at ⟨http://www.openldap.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual page, see ⟨http://www.openldap.org/its/⟩. This page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository ⟨https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap.git⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the repository was 2025-08-05.) If you discover any rendering problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON (which isnot part of the original manual page), send a mail to man-pages@man7.orgOpenLDAP LDVERSION RELEASEDATELDAP_RENAME(3)Pages that refer to this page:ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1)
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