How to rename an existing entry?

[Darren Santafe]

Hi,

I'm trying to rename the distinged name (DN) of an entry that exists in
my LDAP Directory. I want change the entry with its attributes to a new
DN path, using Java.

I'm using the Netscape 4.11 Directory Server, and I generate a
DirContext but when use the method "rename(DN, newDN)", the program
throw an OperationNotSupportedException (server not support moving
entries).

If anyone know how can I change the DN of an enrty, it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Darren

[Mark Wilcox]

The only guranteed way is to copy all of the attributes, create a new entry
and then delete the old entry.

Mark

[Mike]

There is a way to do this without deleting the old entry. If you look
inside of javax.naming.Context you will find a method named: rebind().

rebind
public void rebind(String name,Object obj) throws NamingException

Binds a name to an object, overwriting any existing binding. See
rebind(Name, Object) for details.

Parameters:
name - the name to bind; may not be empty
obj - the object to bind; possibly null

Throws:
InvalidAttributesException - if object did not supply all mandatory
attributes
NamingException - if a naming exception is encountered

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