ldappasswd(1) — Linux manual pages

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Name

ldappasswd — change the password of an LDAP entry

Synopsis

ldappasswd [−A] [ −a oldPasswd ] [ −t oldpasswdfile ] [ −D binddn ] [ −d debuglevel ] [ −H ldapuri ] [ −h ldaphost ] [−n] [ −p ldapport ] [−S] [ −s newPasswd ] [ −T newpasswdfile ] [−v] [−W] [ −w passwd ] [ −y passwdfile ] [ −O security−properties ] [−I] [−Q] [ −U authcid ] [ −R realm ] [−x] [ −X authzid ] [ −Y mech ] [ −Z [Z] ] [user]

DESCRIPTION

ldappasswd is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user. ldappasswd uses the LDAPv3 Password Modify (RFC 3062) extended operation.

ldappasswd sets the password of associated with the user [or an optionally specified user]. If the new password is not specified on the command line and the user doesn't enable prompting, the server will be asked to generate a password for the user.

ldappasswd is neither designed nor intended to be a replacement for passwd(1) and should not be installed as such.

OPTIONS

−A: Prompt for old password. This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
−a oldPasswd: Set the old password to oldPasswd.
−t oldPasswdFile: Set the old password to the contents of oldPasswdFile.
−x: Use simple authentication instead of SASL.
−D binddn: Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. For SASL binds, the server is expected to ignore this value.
−d debuglevel: Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldappasswd must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.
−H ldapuri: Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s); only the protocol/host/port fields are allowed; a list of URI, separated by whitespace or commas is expected.
−h ldaphost: Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running. Deprecated in favor of −H.
−p ldapport: Specify an alternate TCP port where the ldap server is listening. Deprecated in favor of −H.
−n: Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction with −v or −d)
−S: Prompt for new password. This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
−s newPasswd: Set the new password to newPasswd.
−T newPasswdFile: Set the new password to the contents of newPasswdFile.
−v: Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple times.
−W: Prompt for bind password. This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
−w passwd: Use passwd as the password to bind with.
−y passwdfile: Use complete contents of passwdfile as the password for simple authentication.
−O security−properties: Specify SASL security properties.
−I: Enable SASL Interactive mode. Always prompt. Default is to prompt only as needed.
−Q: Enable SASL Quiet mode. Never prompt.
−U authcid: Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the ID depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
−R realm: Specify the realm of authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the realm depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
−X authzid: Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind. authzid must be one of the following formats: dn:<distinguished name> or u: <username>.
−Y mech: Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
−Z[Z]: Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use −ZZ, the command will require the operation to be successful

AUTHOR

The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.