I'm trying to enter a block of text into an existing configuration file for OpenLDAP so the setup can be fully scripted. The text below is what I want to enter into slapd.conf and this all works well and good, however as you probably know this will place the text at the end of the file. What I'd like to know is how can I choose where in an existing file I want to place the text or is this beyond the scope of HERE documents? Code: cat >> slapd.conf << "EOF" access to attrs=userPassword by self write by anonymous auth by dn.base="cn=root,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by group.base="cn=infrastructure,ou=GTECH,ou=groups,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by dn.base="uid=ldapmgr,ou=people,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by * none access to dn.children="ou=people,dc=abclott,dc=lott" by dn.base="cn=root,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by dn.base="cn=bind,dc=abclott,dc=lott" read by users read by * none access to dn.children="ou=groups,dc=abclott,dc=lott" by dn.base="cn=root,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by dn.base="cn=bind,dc=abclott,dc=lott" read by users read by * none access to dn.children="ou=servers,dc=abclott,dc=lott" by dn.base="cn=root,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by group.base="cn=infrastructure,ou=GTECH,ou=groups,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by dn.base="cn=bind,dc=abclott,dc=lott" read by users read by * none access to dn.subtree="ou=SUDOers,dc=abclott,dc=lott" by dn.base="cn=root,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by dn.base="cn=bind,dc=abclott,dc=lott" read by users read by * none access to * by dn.base="cn=root,dc=abclott,dc=lott" write by dn.base="cn=bind,dc=abclott,dc=lott" search by * none EOF
You can search any file with select or search command and if you want to use that file then use access command. The given coding of access code is really good to understand file system.