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LDAPDELETE(1)                                                                                  LDAPDELETE(1)



NAME
       ldapdelete - LDAP delete entry tool

SYNOPSIS
       ldapdelete  [-n] [-v] [-c] [-M[M]] [-d debuglevel] [-f file] [-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwd-file] passwdfile]
       file]  [-H ldapuri]  [-h ldaphost]  [-P 2|3]  [-p ldapport]   [-O security-properties]   [-U authcid]
       [-R realm] [-r] [-x] [-I] [-Q] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-z sizelimit] [-Z[Z]] [dn]...

DESCRIPTION
       ldapdelete is a shell-accessible interface to the ldap_delete_ext(3) library call.

       ldapdelete  opens  a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and deletes one or more entries.  If one or
       more DN arguments are provided, entries with those Distinguished Names are deleted.  Each  DN  should
       be  provided  using  the LDAPv3 string representation as defined in RFC 4514.  If no dn arguments are
       provided, a list of DNs is read from standard input (or from file if the -f flag is used).

OPTIONS
       -n     Show what would be done, but don't actually delete entries.  Useful for debugging in  conjunc-tion conjunction
              tion with -v.

       -v     Use verbose mode, with many diagnostics written to standard output.

       -c     Continuous operation mode.  Errors  are  reported,  but ldapdelete will  continue  with  dele-tions. deletions.
              tions.   The default is to exit after reporting an error.

       -M[M]  Enable manage DSA IT control.  -MM makes control critical.

       -d debuglevel
              Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel.   ldapdelete  must  be  compiled  with  LDAP_DEBUG
              defined for this option to have any effect.

       -f file
              Read a series of DNs from file, one per line, performing an LDAP delete for each.

       -x     Use simple authentication instead of SASL.

       -D binddn
              Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory.

       -W     Prompt for simple authentication.  This is used instead of specifying the password on the com-mand command
              mand line.

       -w passwd
              Use passwd as the password for simple authentication.

       -y passwdfile
              Use complete contents of passwdfile as the password for simple authentication.

       -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.

       -P 2|3 Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.

       -r     Do a recursive delete.  If the DN specified isn't a leaf, its children, and all their children
              are  deleted  down  the  tree.  No verification is done, so if you add this switch, ldapdelete
              will happily delete large portions of your tree.  Use with care.

       -z sizelimit
              Use sizelimit when searching for children DN to delete, to  circumvent  any  server-side  size
              limit.  Only useful in conjunction with -r.

       -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 identity 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.

EXAMPLE
       The following command:

           ldapdelete "cn=Delete Me,dc=example,dc=com"

       will attempt to delete the entry named "cn=Delete Me,dc=example,dc=com".  Of course it would probably
       be necessary to supply authentication credentials.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit  status  is 0 if no errors occur.  Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic mes-sage message
       sage being written to standard error.

SEE ALSO
       ldap.conf(5), ldapadd(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1), ldapsearch(1), ldap(3), ldap_delete_ext(3)

AUTHOR
       The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by  The  OpenLDAP  Project  <http://www.openldap.org/>.
       OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.4.11                                  2008/07/16                                    LDAPDELETE(1)