LDAPPASSWD(1) LDAPPASSWD(1)

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

SEE ALSO

ldap_sasl_bind(3), ldap_extended_operation(3), ldap_start_tls_s(3)

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.
2010/06/30 OpenLDAP 2.4.23