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<info><copyright><year>2011-2014</year><holder>ForgeRock AS</holder></copyright></info>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>ldapdelete</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="software">OpenDJ</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="version"><?eval ${docTargetVersion}?></refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>ldapdelete</refname>

<refpurpose>perform LDAP delete operations</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>ldapdelete</command>

<arg choice="req">options</arg>

<arg><replaceable>DN</replaceable></arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>This utility can be used to perform LDAP delete operations in the

directory.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<para>The following options are supported.</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--assertionFilter {filter}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use the LDAP assertion control with the provided filter</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-c, --continueOnError</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Continue processing even if there are errors</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-f, --filename {file}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>LDIF file containing the changes to apply</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-J, --control {controloid[:criticality[:value|::b64value|:&lt;filePath]]}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use a request control with the provided information</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-n, --dry-run</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Show what would be done but do not perform any operation</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-x, --deleteSubtree</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Delete the specified entry and all entries below it</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-Y, --proxyAs {authzID}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use the proxied authorization control with the given authorization

ID</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<refsect2>

<title>LDAP Connection Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-D, --bindDN {bindDN}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>DN to use to bind to the server</para>

<para>Default value: cn=Directory Manager</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-E, --reportAuthzID</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use the authorization identity control</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-h, --hostname {host}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Directory server hostname or IP address</para>

<para>Default value: localhost.localdomain</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-j, --bindPasswordFile {bindPasswordFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Bind password file</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-K, --keyStorePath {keyStorePath}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para> Certificate key store path</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-N, --certNickname {nickname}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Nickname of certificate for SSL client authentication</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-o, --saslOption {name=value}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>SASL bind options</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-p, --port {port}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Directory server port number</para>

<para>Default value: 389</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-P, --trustStorePath {trustStorePath}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate trust store path</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-q, --useStartTLS</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use StartTLS to secure communication with the server</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-T, --trustStorePassword {trustStorePassword}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate trust store PIN</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-u, --keyStorePasswordFile {keyStorePasswordFile}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate key store PIN file</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-U, --trustStorePasswordFile {path}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate trust store PIN file</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--usePasswordPolicyControl</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use the password policy request control</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-V, --ldapVersion {version}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>LDAP protocol version number</para>

<para>Default value: 3</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-w, --bindPassword {bindPassword}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Password to use to bind to the server</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-W, --keyStorePassword {keyStorePassword}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Certificate key store PIN</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-X, --trustAll</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Trust all server SSL certificates</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-Z, --useSSL</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use SSL for secure communication with the server</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

<refsect2>

<title>Utility Input/Output Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-i, --encoding {encoding}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use the specified character set for command-line input</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--noPropertiesFile</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>No properties file will be used to get default command line

argument values</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--propertiesFilePath {propertiesFilePath}</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Path to the file containing default property values used for

command line arguments</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-v, --verbose</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Use verbose mode</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

<refsect2>

<title>General Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>--version</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Display version information</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-?, -H, --help</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>Display usage information</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Exit Codes</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>0</term>

<listitem>

<para>The command completed successfully.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><replaceable>ldap-error</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>An LDAP error occurred while processing the operation.</para>

<para>LDAP result codes are described in <link

xlink:href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511#appendix-A">RFC

4511</link>. Also see the additional information for details.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>89</term>

<listitem>

<para>An error occurred while parsing the command-line arguments.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Files</title>

<para>You can use <filename>~/.opendj/tools.properties</filename> to set

the defaults for bind DN, host name, and port number as in the following

example.</para>

<programlisting language="ini">

hostname=directory.example.com

port=1389

bindDN=uid=kvaughan,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com

ldapcompare.port=1389

ldapdelete.port=1389

ldapmodify.port=1389

ldappasswordmodify.port=1389

ldapsearch.port=1389</programlisting>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Examples</title>

<para>The following command deletes a user entry from the directory.</para>

<screen>

$ <userinput>ldapdelete -p 1389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password \

uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com</userinput>

<computeroutput>Processing DELETE request for uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com

DELETE operation successful for DN uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com</computeroutput>

</screen>

<para>The following command deletes the ou=Groups entry and all entries

underneath ou=Groups.</para>

<screen>

$ <userinput>ldapdelete -p 1389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password -x \

ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com</userinput>

<computeroutput>Processing DELETE request for ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com

DELETE operation successful for DN ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com</computeroutput>

</screen>

</refsect1>

</refentry>