openldap/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1

.TH LDAPPASSWD 1 "20 April 2000" "LDAPPasswd"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.\" Copyright 1998-1999 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.SH NAME
ldappasswd \- change the password of an LDAP entry
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ldappasswd
[\c
.BR \-A ]
[\c
.BI \-a \ oldPasswd\fR]
.BI \-D \ binddn\fR
[\c
.BI \-d \ debuglevel\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 \-E[E] ]
[\c
.BR \-I[I] ]
[\c
.BI \-U \ username\fR]
[\c
.BI \-X \ authzid\fR]
[\c
.BI \-Y \ mech\fR]
[\c
.BR \-Z[Z] ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ldappasswd
is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user.
It is neither designed nor intended to be a replacement for
.BR passwd (1)
and should not be installed as such.
.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
doesn't enable prompting, the server will be asked to generate
a password for the user.
.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
.BI \-D \ binddn
Use \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory. \fIbinddn\fP should
be a string-represented DN as defined in RFC 2253.
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.
.B ldappasswd
must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.
.TP
.BI \-h \ ldaphost
Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running.
.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
.BI \-p \ ldapport
Specify an alternate port on which the ldap server is running.
.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
.B \-E[E]
Requset the use of SASL privacy (encryption). If the server allows it, data
sent between the client and the server will be encrypted. If the server
requires the use of encryption and this flag is not specified, the command
will fail. If you use
.B \-EE\c
, the command will fail if the server does not support encryption.
.B \-E[E]
implies
.B \-I[I]
.TP
.B \-I[I]
Request the use of SASL integrity checking. It protects data sent between the
client and the server from being modified along the way, but it does not
prevent sniffing. If the server requires the use of integrity checking and
this flag is not specified, the command will fail.If you use
.B \-II\c
, the command will fail if the server does not support this function. 
.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:
.B dn:\c
.I <distinguished name>
or
.B u:\c
.I <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]
Request the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security). If you use
.B \-ZZ\c
, the command will fail if TLS negotiation does not succeed for some reason.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap_bind (3)
.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.