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LDAPPASSWD(1)                                                                                  LDAPPASSWD(1)



NAME
       ldappasswd - change the password of an LDAP entry

SYNOPSIS
       ldappasswd   [-A]   [-a oldPasswd]   [-t oldpasswdfile]   [-D binddn]   [-d debuglevel]  [-H ldapuri]
       [-h ldaphost]  [-n]  [-p ldapport]  [-S]  [-s newPasswd]  [-T newpasswdfile]  [-v]  [-W]  [-w passwd]
       [-y passwdfile]   [-O security-properties]   [-I]  [-Q]  [-U authcid]  [-R realm]  [-x]  [-X authzid]
       [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] [user]

DESCRIPTION
       ldappasswd is a tool to set the password of an LDAP user.  ldappasswd uses the LDAPv3 Password Modify
       (RFC 3062) extended operation.

       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.

OPTIONS
       -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.

       -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:<distinguishedname> 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

SEE ALSO
       ldap_sasl_bind(3), ldap_extended_operation(3), ldap_start_tls_s(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                                    LDAPPASSWD(1)