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LDAPCOMPARE(1)           General Commands Manual          LDAPCOMPARE(1)

NAME         top

       ldapcompare - LDAP compare tool

SYNOPSIS         top

       ldapcompare [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-z] [-M[M]] [-x]
       [-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri]
       [-P {2|3}] [-e [!]ext[=extparam]] [-E [!]ext[=extparam]]
       [-o opt[=optparam]] [-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q] [-N]
       [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] DN
       {attr:value | attr::b64value}

DESCRIPTION         top

       ldapcompare is a shell-accessible interface to the
       ldap_compare_ext(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         top

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

       -d debuglevel
              Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel.  ldapcompare
              must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option
              to have any effect.

       -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.

       -M[M]  Enable manage DSA IT control.  -MM makes control critical.

       -x     Use simple authentication instead of SASL.

       -D binddn
              Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP
              directory.  For SASL binds, the server is expected to
              ignore this value.

       -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.  Note that complete means that any
              leading or trailing whitespaces, including newlines, will
              be considered part of the password and, unlike other
              software, they will not be stripped.  As a consequence,
              passwords stored in files by commands like echo(1) will
              not behave as expected, since echo(1) by default appends a
              trailing newline to the echoed string.  The recommended
              portable way to store a cleartext password in a file for
              use with this option is to use slappasswd(8) with
              {CLEARTEXT} as hash and the option -n.

       -H ldapuri
              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.

       -P {2|3}
              Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.

       -e [!]ext[=extparam]

       -E [!]ext[=extparam]

              Specify general extensions with -e and compare extensions
              with -E.  ´!´ indicates criticality.

              General extensions:
                [!]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)

              Compare extensions:
                !dontUseCopy

       -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.
              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         top

           ldapcompare "uid=babs,dc=example,dc=com"  sn:Jensen
           ldapcompare "uid=babs,dc=example,dc=com"  sn::SmVuc2Vu
       are all equivalent.

LIMITATIONS         top

       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.

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap.conf(5), ldif(5), ldap(3), ldap_compare_ext(3)

AUTHOR         top

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       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.

COLOPHON         top

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