March 2003
Intermediate to advanced
308 pages
9h 36m
English
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LDAP Tools
OpenLDAP’s set of LDAP client tools can be used to communicate with any LDAPv3 server (see Table B-6).
Table B-6. Command-line options common to ldapsearch, ldapcompare, ldapadd, ldapdelete, ldapmodify, and ldapmodrdn
|
Option |
Description |
|
-d integer |
Specifies what debugging information to log. See the
|
|
-D binddn |
Specifies the DN to use for binding to the LDAP server. |
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-e [!]ctrl[=ctrlparam] |
Defines an LDAP control to be used on the current operation. See also the -M option for the manageDSAit control. |
|
-f filename |
Specifies the file containing the LDIF entries to be used in the operations. |
|
-H URI |
Defines the LDAP URI to be used in the connection request. |
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-I |
Enables the SASL “interactive” mode. By default, the client prompts for information only when necessary. |
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-k |
Enables Kerberos 4 authentication. |
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-K |
Enables only the first step of the Kerberos 4 bind for authentication. |
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-M-MM |
Enable the Manager DSA IT control. This option is necessary when modifying an entry that is a referral or an alias. -MM requires that the Manager DSA IT control be supported by the server. |
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-n |
Does not perform the search; just displays what would be done. |
|
-O security_properties |
Defines the SASL security properties for authentication. See previous
information on the |
|
-P [2|3] |
Defines which protocol version to use in the connection (Version 2 or 3). The default ... |
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