---
name: "schema2ldif"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "schema2ldif"
version: "1.3-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/schema2ldif"
---

# schema2ldif(1)

Tool for converting OpenLDAP-style schemas to the LDIF format

## NAME

schema2ldif - Tool for converting OpenLDAP-style schemas to the LDIF format

## SYNOPSIS

**schema2ldif** \[*options*\] \[*FILE*\] \> file.ldif

## DESCRIPTION

**schema2ldif** will read the given input file and convert it to an LDIF file that you can insert into your LDAP directory. If **FILE** is not provided, will read from standard input. In this case, cn option is mandatory. Otherwise, the name of the file (without extension) will be used as cn.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print a brief help message and exits.

- **-c**, **--cn**=*CN*

  Use CN as cn for the schema (mandatory if no file provided)

- **-b**, **--branch**=*BRANCH*

  Use BRANCH instead of cn=schema,cn=config

## BUGS

Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the fusiondirectory mailing list fusiondirectory-users or to \<https://forge.fusiondirectory.org/projects/schema2ldif/issues/new\>

## AUTHOR

Come Bernigaud

## LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

- Copyright (C) 2013-2017 FusionDirectory project

  License BSD

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the LICENSE file for more details.