ldifde Notes

Several of the steps in this process use the Microsoft ldifde utility, a relatively complex command-line utility with many options. You may want to read the documentation for ldifde that comes with AD LDS.

Here are some tips for using ldifde:

A typical ldifde command will have these parts:

Ldifde Command name
-i Command type: import data into AD
-f filename.ldf Specify LDIF file to import from
-s servername Hostname of AD server
-k Keep going even if some entries can't be processed
-j Create log files in current directory
-c from-string to-string Change from-string in data to to-string. This lets you customize a generic LDIF file for your installation. For example, from-string might be the placeholder DC=X, and to-string might be your domain DN.