ldappasswd - change the password of an LDAP entry
SYNOPSIS
ldappasswd [-A] [-a oldPasswd] [-C] [-D binddn] [-d debu
glevel] [-H ldapuri] [-h ldaphost] [-n] [-p ldapport] [-S]
[-s newPasswd] [-v] [-W] [-w passwd] [-O security-proper
ties] [-I] [-Q] [-U authcid] [-x] [-X authzid] [-Y mech]
[-Z[Z]] [user]
DESCRIPTION
ldappasswd is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user.
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.
-C Automatically chase referrals.
-x Use simple authentication instead of SASL.
-D binddn
Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the
LDAP directory.
-d debuglevel
Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldap
passwd 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).
-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.
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.
-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.
-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.
-X authzid
Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL
bind. authzid must be one of the following for
mats: dn:<distinguishedname> or u:<username>.
-Y mech
Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authenti
cation. 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(3)
AUTHOR
The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
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