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LDAPDELETE(1)            General Commands Manual           LDAPDELETE(1)

NAME         top

       ldapdelete - LDAP delete entry tool

SYNOPSIS         top

       ldapdelete [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-c] [-f file] [-r]
       [-z sizelimit] [-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 [...]]

DESCRIPTION         top

       ldapdelete is a shell-accessible interface to the
       ldap_delete_ext(3) library call.

       ldapdelete opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and
       deletes one or more entries.  If one or more DN arguments are
       provided, entries with those Distinguished Names are deleted.
       Each DN should be provided using the LDAPv3 string representation
       as defined in RFC 4514.  If no DN arguments are provided, a list
       of DNs is read from standard input (or from file if the -f flag
       is used).

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.  ldapdelete
              must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option
              to have any effect.

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

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

       -c     Continuous operation mode.  Errors  are  reported,  but
              ldapdelete will  continue  with  deletions.   The default
              is to exit after reporting an error.

       -f file
              Read a series of DNs from file, one per line, performing
              an LDAP delete for each.

       -r     Do a recursive delete.  If the DN specified isn't a leaf,
              its children, and all their children are deleted down the
              tree.  No verification is done, so if you add this switch,
              ldapdelete will happily delete large portions of your
              tree.  Use with care.

       -z sizelimit
              Use sizelimit when searching for children DN to delete, to
              circumvent any server-side size limit.  Only useful in
              conjunction with -r.

       -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.

       -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 delete 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)

              Delete extensions:
                (none)

       -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 identity 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.

EXAMPLE         top

       The following command:

           ldapdelete "cn=Delete Me,dc=example,dc=com"

       will attempt to delete the entry named "cn=Delete
       Me,dc=example,dc=com".  Of course it would probably be necessary
       to supply authentication credentials.

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       Exit status is 0 if no errors occur.  Errors result in a non-zero
       exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard
       error.

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap.conf(5), ldapadd(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1),
       ldapsearch(1), ldap(3), ldap_delete_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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