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Common ldap Command Parameters

Date: 11-04-2022

The group of online LDAP command line utilities share a set of common parameters.

Parameter Description
-H ldapuri BIND to the given ldapuri (server)
-Z[Z] Use StartTLS to encrypt connection. -ZZ requires successful TLS validation for connection.
-D binddn BIND using the given binddn. Ignored when using SASL
-x Use simple (username/binddn + password) authentication instead of SASL
-W Prompt for BIND password
-w password BIND using password
-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 Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind. authzid must be one of the following formats: dn: or u:
-Y saslmech Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication.
-v Verbose output
-d debuglevel Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel
-V[V] Print version info. If -VV is given, exit after providing version info.

Additional information can be found within the man pages for ldap commands (i.e. man ldapsearch)

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