LDAPCOMPARE

NAME

ldapcompare - LDAP compare tool

SYNOPSIS

ldapcompare [-n] [-v] [-z] [-k] [-K] [-M[M]] [-d debuglevel] [-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri] [-h ldaphost] [-p ldapport] [-P 2|3] [-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q] [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-x] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] DN < attr:value | attr::b64value >

DESCRIPTION

ldapcompare is a shell-accessible interface to the ldap_compare(3) library call.

ldapcompare opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and performs a compare using specified parameters. The DN should be a distinguished name in the directory. Attr should be a known attribute. If followed by one colon, the assertion value should be provided as a string. If followed by two colons, the base64 encoding of the value is provided. The result code of the compare is provided as the exit code and, unless ran with -z, the program prints TRUE, FALSE, or UNDEFINED on standard output.

OPTIONS

-n: Show what would be done, but don't actually perform the compare. Useful for debugging in conjunction with -v.
-v: Run in verbose mode, with many diagnostics written to standard output.
-z: Run in quiet mode, no output is written. You must check the return status. Useful in shell scripts.
-k: Use Kerberos IV authentication instead of simple authentication. It is assumed that you already have a valid ticket granting ticket. ldapcompare must be compiled with Kerberos support for this option to have any effect.
-K: Same as -k, but only does step 1 of the Kerberos IV bind. This is useful when connecting to a slapd and there is no x500dsa.hostname principal registered with your Kerberos Domain Controller(s).
-M[M]: Enable manage DSA IT control. -MM makes control critical.
-d debuglevel: Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldapcompare must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.
-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 command 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).
-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.
-P 2|3: Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.
-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.

EXAMPLES

    ldapcompare "uid=babs,dc=example,dc=com"  sn:Jensen
    ldapcompare "uid=babs,dc=example,dc=com"  sn::SmVuc2Vu

are all equivalent.

LIMITATIONS

Requiring the value be passed on the command line is limiting and introduces some security concerns. The command should support a mechanism to specify the location (file name or URL) to read the value from.

AUTHOR

The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/). OpenLDAP is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.