1 .TH LDAPPASSWD 1 "12 July 2000" "LDAPPasswd"
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6 ldappasswd \- change the password of an LDAP entry
12 .BI \-a \ oldPasswd\fR]
18 .BI \-d \ debuglevel\fR]
20 .BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
24 .BI \-p \ ldapport\fR]
28 .BI \-s \ newPasswd\fR]
36 .BR \-O \ security-properties ]
38 .BI \-U \ username\fR]
47 is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user.
48 It is neither designed nor intended to be a replacement for
50 and should not be installed as such.
53 sets the password of associated with the user. If the new
54 password is not specified on the command line or the user
55 doesn't enable prompting, the server will be asked to generate
56 a password for the user.
60 Prompt for old password.
61 This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
64 Set the old password to \fIoldPasswd\fP.
67 Automatically chase referrals.
70 Use \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory. \fIbinddn\fP should
71 be a string-represented DN as defined in RFC 2253.
72 This flag is not optional. The user DN will be used if the
73 bind DN is not provided.
76 Set the LDAP debugging level to \fIdebuglevel\fP.
78 must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.
81 Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running.
84 Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction with
89 Prompt for new password.
90 This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
93 Set the new password to \fInewPasswd\fP.
96 Specify an alternate port on which the ldap server is running.
99 Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple times.
102 Prompt for bind password.
103 This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
106 Use \fIpasswd\fP as the password to bind with.
108 .BI \-O \ security-properties
109 Specify SASL security properties.
112 Specify the username for SASL bind. The syntax of the username depends on the
113 actual SASL mechanism used.
116 Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind.
118 must be one of the following formats:
120 .I <distinguished name>
126 Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not
127 specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
130 Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
132 , the command will require the operation to be successful.
136 The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
139 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
141 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.