NWDSModifyDN(3nw)


NWDSModifyDN -- changes the distinguished name of an object or its alias in the Directory tree

Synopsis

   #include <nwnet.h> 
   or 
   #include <nwdsdsa.h> 
   

NWDSCCODE N_API NWDSModifyDN (NWDSContextHandle context, pnstr8 objectName, pnstr8 newDN, nbool8 deleteOldRDN);

Description

The parameters are as follows:

context
(IN) Specifies the Directory context for the request.

objectName
(IN) Points to the object's old name.

newDN
(IN) Points to the object's new name.

deleteOldRDN
(IN) Specifies whether to discard the old DN. If FALSE, the old DN is retained as an additional attribute value.

Return values

0x0000
SUCCESSFUL

Negative Value
Negative values indicate errors. For errors returned by Directory Services, see ``Directory Services OS Errors'' (-001 to -255), ``Directory Services Client Library Errors'' (-301 to -399), or ``Directory Services Agent in the Server Errors'' (-601 to -699).

0x8996
SERVER_OUT_OF_MEMORY

0x89E2
TOO_FEW_FRAGMENTS

0x89E3
TOO_MANY_FRAGMENTS

0x89E4
PROTOCOL_VIOLATION

0x89E5
SIZE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED

0x89FD
UNKNOWN_REQUEST

0x89FD
INVALID_PACKET_LENGTH

0x89FE
BAD_PACKET

0x89FF
Failure not related to Directory Services

Notices

The DN is the name of the object relative to its superior in the Directory tree. The object being modified must be a leaf object, but it may be either an object or its alias.

objectName points to the object whose DN is to be modified. Aliases in the name will not be dereferenced.

newDN specifies the new DN of the object. It is a string identifying the name's attribute type and the attribute value in the form:

   attribute type = attribute value 

For example:

   ``CN = Mary'' 

If an attribute value in the new DN does not already exist in the object, it is added. If it cannot be added, an error is returned.

If deleteOldDN is TRUE, all attribute values in the old DN that are not in the new DN are deleted. If FALSE, old values remain in the object (but not as a part of the DN). The flag must be TRUE where a single-value attribute in the DN has its value changed by NWDSModifyDN.

If NWDSModifyDN removes the last attribute value of an attribute while identifying a new attribute for the DN, the old attribute is deleted.

Aliases are never dereferenced by NWDSModifyDN. The context flag associated with DCV_DEREF_ALIASES is not relevant to NWDSModifyDN and is ignored.

Services

Directory

NCP calls

0x2222 23 17
Get File Server Information

0x2222 23 22
Get Station's Logged Info (old)

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Get Station's Logged Info

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Ping for NDS NCP

0x2222 104 02
Send NDS Fragmented Request/Reply

References

NWDSModifyObject(3nw), NWDSSetContext(3nw), NWDSGetContext(3nw)
30 January 1998
© 1998 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.