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LDAPSEARCH(1)                                                                                  LDAPSEARCH(1)



NAME
       ldapsearch - LDAP search tool

SYNOPSIS
       ldapsearch  [-n]  [-c] [-u] [-v] [-t[t]] [-T path] [-F prefix] [-A] [-L[L[L]]] [-M[M]] [-S attribute]
       [-d debuglevel]  [-f file]   [-x]   [-D binddn]   [-W]   [-w passwd]   [-y passwdfile]   [-H ldapuri]
       [-h ldaphost]  [-p ldapport] [-b searchbase] [-s base|one|sub|children] [-a never|always|search|find]
       [-P 2|3] [-e [!]ext[=extparam]] [-E [!]ext[=extparam]]  [-l timelimit]  [-z sizelimit]  [-O security-properties] securityproperties]
       properties] [-I] [-Q] [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] filter [attrs...]

DESCRIPTION
       ldapsearch is a shell-accessible interface to the ldap_search_ext(3) library call.

       ldapsearch opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and performs a search using specified parame-ters. parameters.
       ters.   The filter should conform to the string representation for search filters as defined  in  RFC
       4515.  If not provided, the default filter, (objectClass=*), is used.

       If  ldapsearch  finds  one  or more entries, the attributes specified by attrs are returned.  If * is
       listed, all user attributes are returned.  If + is listed, all operational attributes  are  returned.
       If  no attrs are listed, all user attributes are returned.  If only 1.1 is listed, no attributes will
       be returned.

OPTIONS
       -n     Show what would be done, but don't actually perform the search.  Useful for debugging in  con-junction conjunction
              junction with -v.

       -c     Continuous  operation  mode.  Errors are reported, but ldapsearch will continue with searches.
              The default is to exit after reporting an error.  Only useful in conjunction with -f.

       -u     Include the User Friendly Name form of the Distinguished Name (DN) in the output.

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

       -t[t]  A single -t writes retrieved non-printable values to a set of temporary files.  This is useful
              for  dealing with values containing non-character data such as jpegPhoto or audio. A second -t
              writes all retrieved values to files.

       -T path
              Write temporary files to directory specified by path (default: /var/tmp/)

       -F prefix
              URL prefix for temporary files.  Default is file://path/ where path is /var/tmp/ or  specified
              with -T.

       -A     Retrieve  attributes  only  (no  values).   This  is  useful  when  you just want to see if an
              attribute is present in an entry and are not interested in the specific values.

       -L     Search results are display in LDAP Data Interchange Format detailed in ldif(5).  A  single  -L
              restricts  the output to LDIFv1.  A second -L disables comments.  A third -L disables printing
              of the LDIF version.  The default is to use an extended version of LDIF.

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

       -S attribute
              Sort the entries returned based on attribute. The default is not to sort entries returned.  If
              attribute is a zero-length string (""), the entries are sorted by the components of their Dis-tinguished Distinguished
              tinguished Name.  See ldap_sort(3) for more details. Note that ldapsearch normally prints  out
              entries  as  it  receives  them.  The  use of the -S option defeats this behavior, causing all
              entries to be retrieved, then sorted, then printed.

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

       -f file
              Read a series of lines from file, performing one LDAP search for each line.  In this case, the
              filter given on the command line is treated as a pattern where the first and  only  occurrence
              of  %s  is replaced with a line from file.  Any other occurrence of the the % character in the
              pattern will be regarded as an error.  Where it is desired that the search filter include a  %
              character, the character should be encoded as \25 (see RFC 4515).  If file is a single - char-acter, character,
              acter, then the lines are read from standard input.  ldapsearch will exit when the first  non-successful nonsuccessful
              successful search result is returned, unless -c is used.

       -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); a list of URI, separated by whitespace or com-mas commas
              mas  is  expected;  only  the  protocol/host/port  fields are allowed.  As an exception, if no
              host/port is specified, but a DN is, the DN is used to look up the corresponding host(s) using
              the DNS SRV records, according to RFC 2782.  The DN must be a non-empty sequence of AVAs whose
              attribute type is "dc" (domain component), and must be escaped according to RFC 2396.

       -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.

       -b searchbase
              Use searchbase as the starting point for the search instead of the default.

       -s base|one|sub|children
              Specify  the  scope  of  the search to be one of base, one, sub, or children to specify a base
              object, one-level, subtree, or children search.  The default is  sub.   Note:  children  scope
              requires LDAPv3 subordinate feature extension.

       -a never|always|search|find
              Specify how aliases dereferencing is done.  Should be one of never, always, search, or find to
              specify that aliases are never dereferenced, always dereferenced, dereferenced when searching,
              or  dereferenced  only  when locating the base object for the search.  The default is to never
              dereference aliases.

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

       -e [!]ext[=extparam]

       -E [!]ext[=extparam]

              Specify general extensions with -e and search extensions with -E.  '!' indicates  criticality.

              General extensions:
                [!]assert=<filter>   (an RFC 4515 Filter)
                [!]authzid=<authzid> ("dn:<dn>" or "u:<user>")
                [!]manageDSAit
                [!]noop
                ppolicy
                [!]postread[=<attrs>]        (a comma-separated attribute list)
                [!]preread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
                abandon, cancel (SIGINT sends abandon/cancel; not really controls)

              Search extensions:
                [!]domainScope                               (domain scope)
                [!]mv=<filter>                               (matched values filter)
                [!]pr=<size>[/prompt|noprompt]       (paged results/prompt)
                [!]subentries[=true|false]           (subentries)
                [!]sync=ro[/<cookie>]                        (LDAP Sync refreshOnly)
                        rp[/<cookie>][/<slimit>]     (LDAP Sync refreshAndPersist)

       -l timelimit
              wait  at  most  timelimit  seconds  for a search to complete.  A timelimit of _ (zero) or none
              means no limit.  A timelimit of max means the maximum integer allowable by  the  protocol.   A
              server may impose a maximal timelimit which only the root user may override.

       -z sizelimit
              retrieve  at  most  sizelimit  entries for a search.  A sizelimit of _ (zero) or none means no
              limit.  A sizelimit of max means the maximum integer allowable by the protocol.  A server  may
              impose a maximal sizelimit which only the root user may override.

       -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.

OUTPUT FORMAT
       If one or more entries are found, each entry is written to standard output in LDAP  Data  Interchange
       Format or ldif(5):

           version: 1

           # bjensen, example, net
           dn: uid=bjensen,dc=example,dc=net
           objectClass: person
           objectClass: dcObject
           uid: bjensen
           cn: Barbara Jensen
           sn: Jensen
           ...

       If  the  -t option is used, the URI of a temporary file is used in place of the actual value.  If the
       -A option is given, only the "attributename" part is written.

EXAMPLE
       The following command:

           ldapsearch -LLL "(sn=smith)" cn sn telephoneNumber

       will perform a subtree search (using  the  default  search  base  and  other  parameters  defined  in
       ldap.conf(5)) for entries with a surname (sn) of smith.  The common name (cn), surname (sn) and tele-phoneNumber telephoneNumber
       phoneNumber values will be retrieved and printed to standard output.  The output might look something
       like this if two entries are found:

           dn: uid=jts,dc=example,dc=com
           cn: John Smith
           cn: John T. Smith
           sn: Smith
           sn;lang-en: Smith
           sn;lang-de: Schmidt
           telephoneNumber: 1 555 123-4567

           dn: uid=sss,dc=example,dc=com
           cn: Steve Smith
           cn: Steve S. Smith
           sn: Smith
           sn;lang-en: Smith
           sn;lang-de: Schmidt
           telephoneNumber: 1 555 765-4321

       The command:

           ldapsearch -LLL -u -t "(uid=xyz)" jpegPhoto audio

       will  perform  a subtree search using the default search base for entries with user id of "xyz".  The
       user friendly form of the entry's DN will be output after the line that contains the DN  itself,  and
       the  jpegPhoto  and  audio values will be retrieved and written to temporary files.  The output might
       look like this if one entry with one value for each of the requested attributes is found:

           dn: uid=xyz,dc=example,dc=com
           ufn: xyz, example, com
           audio:< file:///tmp/ldapsearch-audio-a19924
           jpegPhoto:< file:///tmp/ldapsearch-jpegPhoto-a19924

       This command:

           ldapsearch -LLL -s one -b "c=US" "(o=University*)" o description

       will perform a one-level search at the c=US level for all entries whose organization name (o)  begins
       begins with University.  The organization name and description attribute values will be retrieved and
       printed to standard output, resulting in output similar to this:

           dn: o=University of Alaska Fairbanks,c=US
           o: University of Alaska Fairbanks
           description: Preparing Alaska for a brave new yesterday
           description: leaf node only

           dn: o=University of Colorado at Boulder,c=US
           o: University of Colorado at Boulder
           description: No personnel information
           description: Institution of education and research

           dn: o=University of Colorado at Denver,c=US
           o: University of Colorado at Denver
           o: UCD
           o: CU/Denver
           o: CU-Denver
           description: Institute for Higher Learning and Research

           dn: o=University of Florida,c=US
           o: University of Florida
           o: UFl
           description: Warper of young minds

           ...

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

SEE ALSO
       ldapadd(1),    ldapdelete(1),   ldapmodify(1),   ldapmodrdn(1),   ldap.conf(5),   ldif(5),   ldap(3),
       ldap_search_ext(3), ldap_sort(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                                    LDAPSEARCH(1)

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