-.TH LDAPPASSWD 1 "20 August 2000" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.TH LDAPPASSWD 1 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2000 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
ldappasswd \- change the password of an LDAP entry
[\c
.BI \-a \ oldPasswd\fR]
[\c
-.BR \-C ]
+.BI \-t \ oldpasswdfile\fR]
[\c
-.BI \-D \ binddn\fR
+.BI \-D \ binddn\fR]
[\c
.BI \-d \ debuglevel\fR]
[\c
[\c
.BI \-s \ newPasswd\fR]
[\c
+.BI \-T \ newpasswdfile\fR]
+[\c
.BR \-v ]
[\c
.BR \-W ]
[\c
.BI \-w \ passwd\fR]
[\c
+.BI \-y \ passwdfile\fR]
+[\c
.BR \-O \ security-properties ]
[\c
.BR \-I ]
[\c
.BR \-Q ]
[\c
-.BI \-U \ username\fR]
+.BI \-U \ authcid\fR]
+[\c
+.BI \-R \ realm\fR]
[\c
.BR \-x ]
[\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.
+.B ldappasswd
+uses the LDAPv3 Password Modify (RFC 3062) extended operation.
.LP
.B ldappasswd
-sets the password of associated with the user. If the new
-password is not specified on the command line or the user
+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
.BI \-a \ oldPasswd
Set the old password to \fIoldPasswd\fP.
.TP
-.B \-C
-Automatically chase referrals.
+.BI \-t \ oldPasswdFile
+Set the old password to the contents of \fIoldPasswdFile\fP.
.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.
-This flag is not optional. The user DN will be used if the
-bind DN is not provided.
.TP
.BI \-d \ debuglevel
Set the LDAP debugging level to \fIdebuglevel\fP.
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).
+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.
.BI \-s \ newPasswd
Set the new password to \fInewPasswd\fP.
.TP
+.BI \-T \ newPasswdFile
+Set the new password to the contents of \fInewPasswdFile\fP.
+.TP
.B \-v
Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple times.
.TP
.BI \-w \ passwd
Use \fIpasswd\fP as the password to bind with.
.TP
+.BI \-y \ passwdfile
+Use complete contents of \fIpasswdfile\fP as the password for
+simple authentication.
+.TP
.BI \-O \ security-properties
Specify SASL security properties.
.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.
+.BI \-U \ authcid
+Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the ID
+depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
+.TP
+.BI \-R \ realm
+Specify the realm of authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the realm
+depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
.TP
.BI \-X \ authzid
Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind.
.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)
+.BR ldap_sasl_bind (3),
+.BR ldap_extended_operation (3),
+.BR ldap_start_tls_s (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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