LDAPPASSWD(1) General Commands Manual LDAPPASSWD(1)
NAME
ldappasswd - change the password of an LDAP entry
SYNOPSIS
ldappasswd [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-A] [-a oldPasswd]
[-t oldpasswdfile] [-S] [-s newPasswd] [-T newpasswdfile] [-x]
[-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri]
[-e [!]ext[=extparam]] [-E [!]ext[=extparam]] [-o opt[=optparam]]
[-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q] [-N] [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X au-
thzid] [-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 option-
ally specified user]. If the new password is not specified on the com-
mand 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
-V[V] Print version info. If -VV is given, only the version informa-
tion is printed.
-d debuglevel
Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldappasswd must be
compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any ef-
fect.
-n Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction with
-v or -d)
-v Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple
times.
-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.
-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.
-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.
-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.
-H ldapuri
Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s); only the proto-
col/host/port fields are allowed; a list of URI, separated by
whitespace or commas is expected.
-e [!]ext[=extparam]
-E [!]ext[=extparam]
Specify general extensions with -e and passwd modify extensions
with -E. ´!´ indicates criticality.
General extensions:
[!]assert=<filter> (an RFC 4515 Filter)
!authzid=<authzid> ("dn:<dn>" or "u:<user>")
[!]bauthzid (RFC 3829 authzid control)
[!]chaining[=<resolve>[/<cont>]]
[!]manageDSAit
[!]noop
ppolicy
[!]postread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
[!]preread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
[!]relax
sessiontracking[=<username>]
abandon,cancel,ignore (SIGINT sends abandon/cancel,
or ignores response; if critical, doesn't wait for SIGINT.
not really controls)
Passwd Modify extensions:
(none)
-o opt[=optparam]]
Specify any ldap.conf(5) option or one of the following:
nettimeout=<timeout> (in seconds, or "none" or "max")
ldif_wrap=<width> (in columns, or "no" for no wrapping)
-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.
-N Do not use reverse DNS to canonicalize SASL host name.
-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 suc-
cessful
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 the Uni-
versity of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
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