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 authcid] [c -x] [c -X authzid] [c -R realm] [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.

-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).

-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:<distinguishedname> 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)

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