LDAPEXOP(1)                 General Commands Manual                LDAPEXOP(1)




NAME
       ldapexop - issue LDAP extended operations


SYNOPSIS
       ldapexop [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-f file] [-x] [-D binddn]
       [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H URI] [-e [!]ext[=extparam]]
       [-o opt[=optparam]] [-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q] [-N]
       [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] {oid | oid:data
       | oid::b64data | whoami | cancel cancel-id | refresh DN [ttl]}


DESCRIPTION
       ldapexop issues the LDAP extended operation specified by oid or one of
       the special keywords whoami, cancel, or refresh.

       Additional data for the extended operation can be passed to the server
       using data or base-64 encoded as b64data in the case of oid, or using
       the additional parameters in the case of the specially named extended
       operations above.

       Please note that ldapexop behaves differently for the same extended
       operation when it was given as an OID or as a specially named
       operation:

       Calling ldapexop with the OID of the whoami (RFC 4532) extended
       operation

         ldapexop [<options>] 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.3

       yields

         # extended operation response
         data:: <base64 encoded response data>

       while calling it with the keyword whoami

         ldapexop [<options>] whoami

       results in

         dn:<client's identity>




OPTIONS
       -V[V]  Print version info.  If-VV is given, only the version
              information is printed.

       -d debuglevel
              Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel.

       -n     Show what would be done but don't actually do it.  Useful for
              debugging in conjunction with -v.

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

       -f file
              Read operations from file.

       -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 URI Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s); only the
              protocol/host/port fields are allowed; a list of URI, separated
              by whitespace or commas is expected.

       -e [!]ext[=extparam]
              Specify general extensions.  '!' indicates criticality.
                [!]assert=<filter>    (an RFC 4515 Filter)
                !authzid=<authzid>    ("dn:<dn>" or "u:<user>")
                [!]bauthzid           (RFC 3829 authzid control)
                [!]chaining[=<resolve>[/<cont>]]
                [!]manageDSAit
                [!]noop
                ppolicy
                [!]postread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
                [!]preread[=<attrs>]  (a comma-separated attribute list)
                [!]relax
                sessiontracking[=<username>]
                abandon,cancel,ignore (SIGINT sends abandon/cancel,
                or ignores response; if critical, doesn't wait for SIGINT.
                not really controls)

       -o opt[=optparam]

              Specify any ldap.conf(5) option or one of the following:
                nettimeout=<timeout>  (in seconds, or "none" or "max")
                ldif_wrap=<width>     (in columns, or "no" for no wrapping)


       -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.

       -N     Do not use reverse DNS to canonicalize SASL host name.

       -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.
              Without this option, the program will choose the best mechanism
              the server knows.

       -Z[Z]  Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation.
              Giving it twice (-ZZ) will require the operation to be
              successful.


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
       ldap_extended_operation_s(3)


AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Peter Marschall based on ldapexop's
       usage message and a few tests with ldapexop.  Do not expect it to be
       complete or absolutely correct.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the
       University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.


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