LDAPPASSWD

ldappasswd − change the password of an LDAP entry

ldappasswd [−V[V]] [−d debuglevel] [−n] [−v] [−A] [−a oldPasswd] [−t oldpasswdfile] [−S] [−s newPasswd] [−T newpasswdfile] [−x] [−D binddn] [−W] [−w passwd] [−y passwdfile] [−H ldapuri] [−h ldaphost] [−p ldapport] [−e [!]ext[=extparam]] [−E [!]ext[=extparam]] [−o opt[=optparam]] [−O security-properties] [−I] [−Q] [−N] [−U authcid] [−R realm] [−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.

−V[V]

Print version info. If −VV is given, only the version information is printed.

−d debuglevel

Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldappasswd must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.

−n

Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction with −v or −d)

−v

Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple times.

−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.

−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.

−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.

−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.

−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.

−o opt[=optparam]]

Specify general options.

General options:

  nettimeout=<timeout>  (in seconds, or "none" or "max")

−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.

−N

Do not use reverse DNS to canonicalize SASL host name.

−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.