| LDAPPASSWD(1) | LDAPPASSWD(1) |
ldappasswd sets the password of associated with the user [or an optionally specified 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.
ldappasswd is neither designed nor intended to be a replacement for passwd(1) and should not be installed as such.
| -A | Prompt for old password. This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line. |
| -a oldPasswd | Set the old password to oldPasswd. |
| -t oldPasswdFile | Set the old password to the contents of oldPasswdFile. |
| -x | Use simple authentication instead of SASL. |
| -D binddn | Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. For SASL binds, the server is expected to ignore this value. |
| -d debuglevel | Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldappasswd must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect. |
| -H ldapuri | 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. |
| -h ldaphost | Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running. Deprecated in favor of -H. |
| -p ldapport | Specify an alternate TCP port where the ldap server is listening. Deprecated in favor of -H. |
| -n | Do not set password. (Can be useful when used in conjunction with -v or -d) |
| -S | Prompt for new password. This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line. |
| -s newPasswd | Set the new password to newPasswd. |
| -T newPasswdFile | Set the new password to the contents of newPasswdFile. |
| -v | Increase the verbosity of output. Can be specified multiple times. |
| -W | Prompt for bind password. This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line. |
| -w passwd | Use passwd as the password to bind with. |
| -y passwdfile | Use complete contents of passwdfile as the password for simple authentication. |
| -O security-properties | Specify SASL security properties. |
| -I | Enable SASL Interactive mode. Always prompt. Default is to prompt only as needed. |
| -Q | Enable SASL Quiet mode. Never prompt. |
| -U authcid | Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the ID depends on the actual SASL mechanism used. |
| -R realm | Specify the realm of authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the realm depends on the actual SASL mechanism used. |
| -X authzid | Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind. authzid must be one of the following formats: dn:<distinguished name> or u:<username>. |
| -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. |
| -Z[Z] | Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use -ZZ, the command will require the operation to be successful |
| 2010/06/30 | OpenLDAP 2.4.23 |