.TH LDAPPASSWD 1 "20 August 2000" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.\" Copyright 1998-2000 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
ldappasswd \- change the password of an LDAP entry
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ldappasswd
[\c
.BR \-A ]
[\c
.BI \-a \ oldPasswd\fR]
[\c
.BR \-C ]
[\c
.BI \-D \ binddn\fR]
[\c
.BI \-d \ debuglevel\fR]
[\c
.BI \-H \ ldapuri\fR]
[\c
.BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
[\c
.BR \-n ]
[\c
.BI \-p \ ldapport\fR]
[\c
.BR \-S ]
[\c
.BI \-s \ newPasswd\fR]
[\c
.BR \-v ]
[\c
.BR \-W ]
[\c
.BI \-w \ passwd\fR]
[\c
.BR \-O \ security-properties ]
[\c
.BR \-I ]
[\c
.BR \-Q ]
[\c
.BI \-U \ username\fR]
[\c
.BR \-x ]
[\c
.BI \-X \ authzid\fR]
[\c
.BI \-Y \ mech\fR]
[\c
.BR \-Z[Z] ]
[\c
.IR user ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ldappasswd
is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user.
.LP
.B ldappasswd
sets the password of associated with the user [or an optionally
specified
.IR 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.
.LP
.B ldappasswd
is neither designed nor intended to be a replacement for
.BR passwd (1)
and should not be installed as such.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-A
Prompt for old password.
This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
.TP
.BI \-a \ oldPasswd
Set the old password to \fIoldPasswd\fP.
.TP
.B \-C
Automatically chase referrals.
.TP
.B \-x 
Use simple authentication instead of SASL.
.TP
.BI \-D \ binddn
Use the Distinguished Name \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory.
.TP
.BI \-d \ debuglevel
Set the LDAP debugging level to \fIdebuglevel\fP.
.B ldappasswd
must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.
.TP
.BI \-H \ ldapuri
Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s).
.TP
.BI \-h \ ldaphost
Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running.
Deprecated in favor of -H.
.TP
.BI \-p \ ldapport
Specify an alternate TCP port where the ldap server is listening.
Deprecated in favor of -H.
.TP
.B \-n
Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction with
.BR \-v \ or
.BR \-d )
.TP
.BI \-S
Prompt for new password.
This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
.TP
.BI \-s \ newPasswd
Set the new password to \fInewPasswd\fP.
.TP
.B \-v
Increase the verbosity of output.  Can be specified multiple times.
.TP
.BI \-W
Prompt for bind password.
This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
.TP
.BI \-w \ passwd
Use \fIpasswd\fP as the password to bind with.
.TP
.BI \-O \ security-properties
Specify SASL security properties.
.TP
.B \-I
Enable SASL Interactive mode.  Always prompt.  Default is to prompt
only as needed.
.TP
.B \-Q
Enable SASL Quiet mode.  Never prompt.
.TP
.BI \-U \ username
Specify the username for SASL bind. The syntax of the username depends on the
actual SASL mechanism used.
.TP
.BI \-X \ authzid
Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind.
.I authzid
must be one of the following formats:
.BI dn: <distinguished name>
or
.BI u: <username>\fP.
.TP
.BI \-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.
.TP
.B \-Z[Z]
Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
.BR \-ZZ ,
the command will require the operation to be successful
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap_sasl_bind (3)
.BR ldap_extended_operation (3)
.BR ldap_start_tls (3)
.SH AUTHOR
The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.B	OpenLDAP
is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
.B	OpenLDAP
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.