ldapdelete(1)							   User Commands						     ldapdelete(1)

NAME

       ldapdelete - ldap delete entry tool

SYNOPSIS

       ldapdelete  [-n]  [-v]  [-c]  [-d debuglevel]  [-f file]  [-D bindDN]  [-w passwd  | -j file]  [-J  [:criticality]] [-?] [-H] [-h ldaphost]
       [-V version] [-i locale] [-k path] [-P path] [-N certificate] [-y proxyid] [-p ldapport] [-O hoplimit]  [-o attributename=value]  [-W pass-
       word] [dn...]

DESCRIPTION

       The  ldapdelete	utility  opens a connection to an LDAP server, then binds and deletes one or more entries. If one or more dn arguments are
       provided, entries with those distinguished names are deleted. If no dn arguments are provided, a list of DNs is read from file, if  the	-f
       option is specified, or from standard input.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -a

	   Bypass confirmation question when deleting a branch.

       -c

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

       -d debuglevel

	   Sets the LDAP debugging level. Useful levels of debugging for ldapdelete are:

	   1	    Trace

	   2	    Packets

	   4	    Arguments

	   32	    Filters

	   128	    Access control

	   To request more than one category of debugging information, add the masks. For example, to request trace and filter information,  spec-
	   ify a debuglevel of 33.

       -D bindDN

	   Uses the distinguished name bindDN to bind to the directory.

       -E

	   Ask server to expose (report) bind identity by means of authentication response control.

       -f file

	   Reads the entry deletion information from file instead of from standard input.

       -?

	   Display the usage help text that briefly describes all options.

       -H

	   Display the usage help text that briefly describes all options.

       -h ldaphost

	   Specifies an alternate host on which the LDAP server is running.

       -i locale

	   Specify  the  character set to use for command-line input. The default is the character set specified in the LANG environment variable.
	   You might want to use this option to perform the conversion from the specified character set to UTF8, thus overriding the LANG setting.

	   Using this argument, you can input the bind DN and the target DNs in the specified character set.  The  ldapdelete  tool  converts  the
	   input  from	these  arguments  before it processes the search request. For example, -i no indicates that the bind DN and target DNs are
	   provided in Norwegian.

	   This option affects only the command-line input. That is, if you specify a file containing DNs (with the -f	option),  ldapdelete  will
	   not convert the data in the file.

       -j filename

	   Specify  a file containing the password for the bind DN or the password for the SSL client's key database. To protect the password, use
	   this option in scripts and place the password in a secure file. This option is mutually exclusive of the -w	and  -W  options.  The	-j
	   option is the more secure alternative between -j and -w/-W.

       -J [:criticality[:value|::b64value|b64value|:fileurl]]

	   Criticality is a boolean value (default is false).

       -k path

	   Specify  the  path  to  a directory containing conversion routines. These routines are used if you want to specify a locale that is not
	   supported by default by your directory server. This is for NLS support.

       -M

	   Manage smart referrals. When they are the target of the operation, delete the actual entry containing the referral instead of the entry
	   obtained by following the referral.

       -n

	   Shows what would be done, but does not actually delete entries. Useful in conjunction with options -v and -d for debugging.

       -N certificate

	   Specify the certificate name to use for certificate-based client authentication. For example: -N "Directory-Cert".

       -o attributename=value

	   For	SASL  mechanisms  and  other  options  such as security properties, mode of operation, authorization ID, authentication ID, and so
	   forth.

	   The different attribute names and their values are as follows:

	   secProp="number"

	       For defining SASL security properties.

	   realm="value"

	       Specifies SASL realm (default is realm=none).

	   authzid="value"

	       Specify the authorization ID name for SASL bind.

	   authid="value"

	       Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind.

	   mech="value"

	       Specifies the various SASL mechanisms.

       -O hopLimit

	   Specify the maximum number of referral hops to follow while finding an entry to delete. By default, there is no limit.

       -p ldapport

	   Specifies an alternate TCP port where the LDAP server is listening.

       -P path

	   Specify the path and filename of the client's certificate database. For example:

	   -P /home/uid/.netscape/cert7.db

	   When using the command on the same host as the directory server, you can use the server's own certificate database. For example:

	   -P installDir/lapd-serverID/alias/cert7.db

	   Use the -P option alone to specify server authentication only.

       -v

	   Uses verbose mode, with diagnostics written to standard output.

       -V version

	   Specify the LDAP protocol version number to be used for the delete operation, either 2 or 3. LDAP v3 is the default.  Specify  LDAP	v2
	   when connecting to servers that do not support v3.

       -W password

	   Specify the password for the client's key database given in the -P option. This option is required for certificate-based client authen-
	   tication. Specifying password on the command line has security issues because the password can be seen by others on the system by means
	   of the ps command. Use the -j instead to specify the password from the file. This option is mutually exclusive of -j.

       -w passwd

	   Use passwd as the password for authentication to the directory. When you use -w passwd to specify the password to be used for authenti-
	   cation, the password is visible to other users of the system by means of the ps command, in script files or in shell  history.  If  you
	   use	the ldapdelete command without this option, the command will prompt for the password and read it from standard in. When used with-
	   out the -w option, the password will not be visible to other users.

       -Y proxyid

	   Specify the proxy DN (proxied authorization id) to use for the delete operation, usually in double quotes ("") for the shell.

       -Z

	   Specify that SSL be used to provide certificate-based client authentication. This option requires the -N and SSL password and any other
	   of the SSL options needed to identify the certificate and the key database.

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported:

       dn	Specifies one or several distinguished names of entries to delete.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Deleting an Entry

       To delete the entry named with commonName Delete Me directly below the XYZ Corporation organizational entry, use the following command:

       example% ldapdelete -D "cn=Administrator, o=XYZ, c=US" 
	 "cn=Delete Me, o=XYZ, c=US"

       Example 2: Deleting an Entry Using SASL Authentication

       To delete the entry named with commonName "Delete Me" directly below the XYZ Corporation organizational entry, use the following command:

       example% ldapdelete -o mech=DIGEST-MD5 -o secProp=noanonymous 
       -o realm=none -o authid="dn:uid=foo,o=XYZ, c=US"  
       "cn=Delete Me, o=XYZ, c=US"

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Stability Level 	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       Non-zero        An error occurred. A diagnostic message is written to standard error.

SEE ALSO

       ldapadd(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1), ldapsearch(1), ldap_get_option(3LDAP), ldap_set_option(3LDAP), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The -M authentication option is obsolete.

SunOS 5.10							    15 Jan 2004 						     ldapdelete(1)