openldap/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1
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.TH LDAPPASSWD 1 "5 December 1998" "LDAPPasswd"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.\" Copyright 1998-1999 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]
.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]
.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.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap_bind (3)
.SH BUGS
No transport security layer is provided.
.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.