ldapinit

Convert Yahoo AB to mozilla LDIF

For use with Thunderbird and other mozilla products

Converting Yahoo exported address book LDIF to Darkstar's LDAP

Export the yahoo address book [downloaded as Yahoo_ab.ldif ]
open with editor
do a regexp replace: ",mail.*" with ",o=Addressbook,dc=example,dc=com"
delete all accurences of objectclass: country [country attribute c: is covered by mozillaAbPersonObsolete objectclass]
delete all occurences of 'xmozillauseconferenceserver: 0'
ensure that there are no empty "sn" fields. If they are not relevant, delete entire entry
modify entries with duplicate names
- e.g. if there are two John Smiths, change one to be John G. Smith
- if there is a duplicate, ensure that there is only one valid entry available
modify any non conformant telehonenumber field
- e.g. telephonenumber: 44-171-555-5555 [Name] must be ONLY telephonenumber: 44-171-555-5555 [no alpha characters]\
delete any commas from the cn field [e.g. "FirstName, LastName" must be just "FirstName LastName"]
- also check givenname and sn attributes

Replace

objectclass: person

locality:

cellphone:

paerphone:

countryname:

With

objectclass: person

objectclass: organizationalPerson

objectclass: inetOrgPerson

objectclass: mozillaAbPersonObsolete

objectclass: country

mobile:

pager:

Use the following command to add entries:

ldapadd -c -x -D "cn=root,dc=example,dc=com" -W -f ab.ldif

Use the following command to modify entries:

ldapmodify -c -x -D "cn=root,dc=example,dc=com" -W -f ab.ldif

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