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6 ldappasswd - change the password of an LDAP entry
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9 ldappasswd [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-A] [-a oldPasswd]
10 [-t oldpasswdfile] [-S] [-s newPasswd] [-T newpasswdfile] [-x]
11 [-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri]
12 [-e [!]ext[=extparam]] [-E [!]ext[=extparam]] [-o opt[=optparam]]
13 [-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q] [-N] [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X au‐
14 thzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] [user]
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17 ldappasswd is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user. ldappasswd
18 uses the LDAPv3 Password Modify (RFC 3062) extended operation.
19 ldappasswd sets the password of associated with the user [or an option‐
21 ally specified user]. If the new password is not specified on the com‐
22 mand line and the user doesn't enable prompting, the server will be
23 asked to generate a password for the user.
24 ldappasswd is neither designed nor intended to be a replacement for
26 passwd(1) and should not be installed as such.
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29 -V[V] Print version info. If -VV is given, only the version informa‐
30 tion is printed.
31 -d debuglevel
33 Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldappasswd must be
34 compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any ef‐
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36 -n Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction
38 with -v or -d)
39 -v Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple
41 times.
42 -A Prompt for old password. This is used instead of specifying the
44 password on the command line.
45 -a oldPasswd
47 Set the old password to oldPasswd.
48 -t oldPasswdFile
50 Set the old password to the contents of oldPasswdFile.
51 -S Prompt for new password. This is used instead of specifying the
53 password on the command line.
54 -s newPasswd
56 Set the new password to newPasswd.
57 -T newPasswdFile
59 Set the new password to the contents of newPasswdFile.
60 -x Use simple authentication instead of SASL.
62 -D binddn
64 Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory.
65 For SASL binds, the server is expected to ignore this value.
66 -W Prompt for bind password. This is used instead of specifying
68 the password on the command line.
69 -w passwd
71 Use passwd as the password to bind with.
72 -y passwdfile
74 Use complete contents of passwdfile as the password for simple
75 authentication.
76 -H ldapuri
78 Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s); only the proto‐
79 col/host/port fields are allowed; a list of URI, separated by
80 whitespace or commas is expected.
81 -e [!]ext[=extparam]
83 -E [!]ext[=extparam]
85 Specify general extensions with -e and passwd modify extensions
87 with -E. ´!´ indicates criticality.
88 General extensions:
90 [!]assert=<filter> (an RFC 4515 Filter)
91 !authzid=<authzid> ("dn:<dn>" or "u:<user>")
92 [!]bauthzid (RFC 3829 authzid control)
93 [!]chaining[=<resolve>[/<cont>]]
94 [!]manageDSAit
95 [!]noop
96 ppolicy
97 [!]postread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
98 [!]preread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
99 [!]relax
100 sessiontracking[=<username>]
101 abandon,cancel,ignore (SIGINT sends abandon/cancel,
102 or ignores response; if critical, doesn't wait for SIGINT.
103 not really controls)
104 Passwd Modify extensions:
106 (none)
107 -o opt[=optparam]]
109 Specify any ldap.conf(5) option or one of the following:
111 nettimeout=<timeout> (in seconds, or "none" or "max")
112 ldif_wrap=<width> (in columns, or "no" for no wrapping)
113 -O security-properties
116 Specify SASL security properties.
117 -I Enable SASL Interactive mode. Always prompt. Default is to
119 prompt only as needed.
120 -Q Enable SASL Quiet mode. Never prompt.
122 -N Do not use reverse DNS to canonicalize SASL host name.
124 -U authcid
126 Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the ID
127 depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
128 -R realm
130 Specify the realm of authentication ID for SASL bind. The form
131 of the realm depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
132 -X authzid
134 Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind. authzid
135 must be one of the following formats: dn:<distinguished name> or
136 u:<username>.
137 -Y mech
139 Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If
140 it's not specified, the program will choose the best mechanism
141 the server knows.
142 -Z[Z] Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If
144 you use -ZZ, the command will require the operation to be suc‐
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148 ldap_sasl_bind(3), ldap_extended_operation(3), ldap_start_tls_s(3)
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151 The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
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154 OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
155 <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived from the Uni‐
156 versity of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
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