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NAME
ldapvi - LDAP client
SYNOPSIS
ldapvi [OPTION]... [FILTER] [AD]...
DESCRIPTION
Quickstart:
ldapvi --discover --host HOSTNAME
Perform an LDAP search and update results using a text editor.
Other usage:
ldapvi --out [OPTION]... [FILTER] [AD]...
Print entries
ldapvi --in [OPTION]... [FILENAME]
Load change records
ldapvi --delete [OPTION]... DN...
Edit a delete record
ldapvi --rename [OPTION]... DN1 DN2
Edit a rename record
Connection options:
-h, --host URL
Server.
-D, --user USER
Search filter or DN: User to bind as. [1] Sets --bind simple.
-w, --password SECRET
Password (also valid for SASL).
--bind [simple,sasl]
Disable or enable SASL.
--bind-dialog [never,auto,always]
Interactive login dialog.
SASL options (these parameters set --bind sasl):
-I, --sasl-interactive Set --bind-dialog always.
-O, --sasl-secprops P
SASL security properties.
-Q, --sasl-quiet
Set --bind-dialog never.
-R, --sasl-realm
R SASL realm.
-U, --sasl-authcid AC
SASL authentication identity.
-X, --sasl-authzid AZ
SASL authorization identity.
-Y, --sasl-mech
MECH SASL mechanism.
Search parameters:
-b, --base DN
Search base.
-s, --scope SCOPE
Search scope. One of base|one|sub.
-S, --sort KEYS
Sort control (critical).
Miscellaneous options:
--add (Only with --in, --ldapmodify:) Treat attrval records as new entries to add.
-o, --class OBJCLASS
Class to add. Can be repeated. Implies -A.
--config
Print parameters in ldap.conf syntax.
-c --continue
Ignore LDAP errors and continue processing.
--deleteoldrdn
(Only with --rename:) Delete the old RDN.
-a, --deref
never|searching|finding|always
-d, --discover
Auto-detect naming contexts. [2]
-A, --empty
Don't search, start with empty file. See -o.
--encoding [ASCII|UTF-8|binary]
The encoding to allow. Default is UTF-8.
-H, --help
This help.
--ldap-conf
Always read libldap configuration.
-m, --may
Show missing optional attributes as comments.
-M, --managedsait
manageDsaIT control (critical).
--noquestions
Commit without asking for confirmation.
-!, --noninteractive
Never ask any questions.
-q, --quiet
Disable progress output.
-R, --read DN
Same as -b DN -s base '(objectclass=*)' + *
-Z, --starttls
Require startTLS.
--tls [never|allow|try|strict]
Level of TLS strictess.
-v, --verbose
Note every update.
Shortcuts:
--ldapsearch
Short for --quiet --out
--ldapmodify
Short for --noninteractive --in
--ldapdelete
Short for --noninteractive --delete
--ldapmoddn
Short for --noninteractive --rename
Environment variables: VISUAL, EDITOR, PAGER.
[1] User names can be specified as distinguished names:
uid=foo,ou=bar,dc=acme,dc=com
or search filters:
(uid=foo)
Note the use of parenthesis, which can be omitted from search filters usually but are required here. For this searching bind to
work, your client library must be configured with appropriate default search parameters.
[2] Repeat the search for each naming context found and present the
concatenation of all search results.
Conflicts with --base.
With --config, show a BASE configuration line for each context.
A special (offline) option is --diff, which compares two files and writes any changes to standard output in LDIF format.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to "ldapvi@lists.askja.de".
GETTING STARTED
Assuming a suitably configured LDAP library, run ldapvi without arguments to see all entries available.
Otherwise, try `ldapvi -h HOSTNAME --discover' to query the ROOT DSE for available naming contexts.
Once that works, run `ldapvi -h HOSTNAME --discover --config' to generate sample configuration that can be pasted into ~/.ldaprc or
/etc/ldap/ldap.conf.
FILE FORMAT
ldapvi uses an LDIF-like syntax, but not standard LDIF. Please refer to http://www.lichteblau.com/ldapvi/manual.xml#syntax
BUGS
Please report bugs to <ldapvi@lists.askja.de>.
SEE ALSO
http://www.lichteblau.com/ldapvi/manual.xml
AUTHOR
David Lichteblau <david@lichteblau.com>
ldapvi 1.7 May 2007 LDAPVI(1)