ldappasswd.1

LDAPPASSWD

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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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 authzid] [−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 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

**−d **debuglevel

Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldappasswd must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.

**−a **oldPasswd

Set the old password to oldPasswd.

**−t **oldPasswdFile

Set the old password to the contents of oldPasswdFile.

**−s **newPasswd

Set the new password to newPasswd.

**−T **newPasswdFile

Set the new password to the contents of newPasswdFile.

**−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 **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 protocol/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.

**−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.

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 University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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