OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1,v 1.39.2.9 2010/04/13 20:22:36 kurt Exp
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ldappasswd - change the password of an LDAP entry ldappasswd [\c -A ] [\c -a oldPasswd] [\c -t oldpasswdfile] [\c -D binddn] [\c -d debuglevel] [\c -H ldapuri] [\c -h ldaphost] [\c -n ] [\c -p ldapport] [\c -S ] [\c -s newPasswd] [\c -T newpasswdfile] [\c -v ] [\c -W ] [\c -w passwd] [\c -y passwdfile] [\c -O security-properties] [\c -I ] [\c -Q ] [\c -U authcid] [\c -R realm] [\c -x ] [\c -X authzid] [\c -Y mech] [\c -Z [ Z ]] [\c 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

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