.TH LDAPDELETE 1 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
ldapdelete \- LDAP delete entry tool
[\c
.BR \-v ]
[\c
-.BR \-k ]
-[\c
-.BR \-K ]
-[\c
.BR \-c ]
[\c
-.BR \-M[M] ]
+.BR \-M [ M ]]
[\c
.BI \-d \ debuglevel\fR]
[\c
[\c
.BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
[\c
-.BI \-P \ 2\fR\||\|\fI3\fR]
+.BR \-P \ { 2 \||\| 3 }]
+[\c
+.BR \-e \ [ ! ] \fIext\fP [ =\fIextparam\fP ]]
+[\c
+.BR \-E \ [ ! ] \fIext\fP [ =\fIextparam\fP ]]
[\c
.BI \-p \ ldapport\fR]
[\c
-.BR \-O \ security-properties ]
+.BI \-O \ security-properties\fR]
[\c
.BI \-U \ authcid\fR]
[\c
.BI \-R \ realm\fR]
[\c
+.BR \-r ]
+[\c
.BR \-x ]
[\c
.BR \-I ]
[\c
.BI \-Y \ mech\fR]
[\c
-.BR \-Z[Z] ]
+.BI \-z \ sizelimit\fR]
+[\c
+.BR \-Z [ Z ]]
[\c
-.IR dn ]...
+.IR DN \ [ ... ]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I ldapdelete
is a shell-accessible interface to the
-.BR ldap_delete (3)
+.BR ldap_delete_ext (3)
library call.
.LP
.B ldapdelete
opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and deletes one or more
entries. If one or more \fIDN\fP arguments are provided, entries with
those Distinguished Names are deleted. Each \fIDN\fP should be provided
-using the LDAPv3 string representation as defined in RFC 2253.
-If no \fIdn\fP arguments
+using the LDAPv3 string representation as defined in RFC 4514.
+If no \fIDN\fP arguments
are provided, a list of DNs is read from standard input (or from
-\fIfile\fP if the -f flag is used).
+\fIfile\fP if the \fB\-f\fP flag is used).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-n
Show what would be done, but don't actually delete entries. Useful for
-debugging in conjunction with -v.
+debugging in conjunction with \fB\-v\fP.
.TP
.B \-v
Use verbose mode, with many diagnostics written to standard output.
.TP
-.B \-k
-Use Kerberos IV authentication instead of simple authentication. It is
-assumed that you already have a valid ticket granting ticket. This option
-only has effect if
-.B ldapdelete
-is compiled with Kerberos support.
-.TP
-.B \-K
-Same as \-k, but only does step 1 of the Kerberos IV bind. This is useful
-when connecting to a slapd and there is no x500dsa.hostname principal
-registered with your Kerberos Domain Controller(s).
-.TP
.B \-c
Continuous operation mode. Errors are reported, but
.B ldapdelete
will continue with deletions. The default is to exit after
reporting an error.
.TP
-.B \-M[M]
+.BR \-M [ M ]
Enable manage DSA IT control.
.B \-MM
makes control critical.
.TP
.BI \-D \ binddn
Use the Distinguished Name \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory.
+For SASL binds, the server is expected to ignore this value.
.TP
.B \-W
Prompt for simple authentication.
simple authentication.
.TP
.BI \-H \ ldapuri
-Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s).
+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.
.TP
.BI \-h \ ldaphost
Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running.
-Deprecated in favor of -H.
+Deprecated in favor of \fB\-H\fP.
.TP
.BI \-p \ ldapport
Specify an alternate TCP port where the ldap server is listening.
-Deprecated in favor of -H.
+Deprecated in favor of \fB\-H\fP.
.TP
-.BI \-P \ 2\fR\||\|\fI3
+.BR \-P \ { 2 \||\| 3 }
Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.
.TP
+.BR \-e \ [ ! ] \fIext\fP [ =\fIextparam\fP ]
+.TP
+.BR \-E \ [ ! ] \fIext\fP [ =\fIextparam\fP ]
+
+Specify general extensions with \fB\-e\fP and delete extensions with \fB\-E\fP.
+\'\fB!\fP\' indicates criticality.
+
+General extensions:
+.nf
+ [!]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)
+.fi
+
+Delete extensions:
+.nf
+ (none)
+.fi
+.TP
.B \-r
Do a recursive delete. If the DN specified isn't a leaf, its
children, and all their children are deleted down the tree. No
verification is done, so if you add this switch, ldapdelete will
happily delete large portions of your tree. Use with care.
.TP
+.BI \-z \ sizelimit
+Use \fIsizelimit\fP when searching for children DN to delete,
+to circumvent any server-side size limit. Only useful in conjunction
+with \fB\-r\fP.
+.TP
.BI \-O \ security-properties
Specify SASL security properties.
.TP
Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind.
.I authzid
must be one of the following formats:
-.B dn:\c
-.I <distinguished name>
+.BI dn: "<distinguished name>"
or
-.B u:\c
-.I <username>
+.BI u: <username>
.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]
+.BR \-Z [ Z ]
Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
-.B \-ZZ\c
-, the command will require the operation to be successful.
+\fB\-ZZ\fP, the command will require the operation to be successful.
.SH EXAMPLE
The following command:
.LP
.BR ldapmodrdn (1),
.BR ldapsearch (1),
.BR ldap (3),
-.BR ldap_delete (3)
+.BR ldap_delete_ext (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.
+.so ../Project
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