ldappasswd - change the password of an LDAP entry
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]
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.
- -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
ldap_sasl_bind(3), ldap_extended_operation(3),
ldap_start_tls_s(3)
The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
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.