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Title: ldapsearch
Author: Mark Craig
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Date: October 20, 2011
Manual: Tools Reference
Source: OpenDJ 2.5.0
Language: English

"LDAPSEARCH" "1" "October 20, 2011" "OpenDJ 2.5.0" "Tools Reference"
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"NAME"
ldapsearch - perform LDAP search operations
"SYNOPSIS"

\w'ldapsearch 'u ldapsearch {options} [filter] [attributes...]

"DESCRIPTION"

This utility can be used to perform LDAP search operations in the directory.

In the list of attributes to return, you can specify * to return all user attributes, + to return all operational attributes, and @object-class to return all attributes associated with the object-class such as @person.

"OPTIONS"

The following options are supported.

-a, --dereferencePolicy {dereferencePolicy}

Alias dereference policy (\*(Aqnever\*(Aq, \*(Aqalways\*(Aq, \*(Aqsearch\*(Aq, or \*(Aqfind\*(Aq) Default value: never

-A, --typesOnly

Only retrieve attribute names but not their values

--assertionFilter {filter}

Use the LDAP assertion control with the provided filter

-b, --baseDN {baseDN}

Base DN format string

-c, --continueOnError

Continue processing even if there are errors

-C, --persistentSearch ps[:changetype[:changesonly[:entrychgcontrols]]]

Use the persistent search control

--countEntries

Count the number of entries returned by the server

-e, --getEffectiveRightsAttribute {attribute}

Specifies geteffectiverights control specific attribute list

-f, --filename {file}

LDIF file containing the changes to apply

-g, --getEffectiveRightsAuthzid {authzID}

Use geteffectiverights control with the provided authzid

-G, --virtualListView {before:after:index:count | before:after:value}

Use the virtual list view control to retrieve the specified results page

-J, --control {controloid[:criticality[:value|::b64value|:<filePath]]}

Use a request control with the provided information

-l, --timeLimit {timeLimit}

Maximum length of time in seconds to allow for the search Default value: 0

--matchedValuesFilter {filter}

Use the LDAP matched values control with the provided filter

-n, --dry-run

Show what would be done but do not perform any operation

-s, --searchScope {searchScope}

Search scope (\*(Aqbase\*(Aq, \*(Aqone\*(Aq, \*(Aqsub\*(Aq, or \*(Aqsubordinate\*(Aq) Default value: sub subordinate is an LDAP extension that might not work with all LDAP servers.

-S, --sortOrder {sortOrder}

Sort the results using the provided sort order

--simplePageSize {numEntries}

Use the simple paged results control with the given page size Default value: 1000

-Y, --proxyAs {authzID}

Use the proxied authorization control with the given authorization ID

-z, --sizeLimit {sizeLimit}

Maximum number of entries to return from the search Default value: 0

"LDAP Connection Options"

-D, --bindDN {bindDN}

DN to use to bind to the server Default value: cn=Directory Manager

-E, --reportAuthzID

Use the authorization identity control

-h, --hostname {host}

Directory server hostname or IP address Default value: localhost.localdomain

-j, --bindPasswordFile {bindPasswordFile}

Bind password file

-K, --keyStorePath {keyStorePath}

Certificate key store path

-N, --certNickname {nickname}

Nickname of certificate for SSL client authentication

-o, --saslOption {name=value}

SASL bind options

-p, --port {port}

Directory server port number Default value: 389

-P, --trustStorePath {trustStorePath}

Certificate trust store path

-q, --useStartTLS

Use StartTLS to secure communication with the server

-T, --trustStorePassword {trustStorePassword}

Certificate trust store PIN

-u, --keyStorePasswordFile {keyStorePasswordFile}

Certificate key store PIN file

-U, --trustStorePasswordFile {path}

Certificate trust store PIN file

--usePasswordPolicyControl

Use the password policy request control

-V, --ldapVersion {version}

LDAP protocol version number Default value: 3

-w, --bindPassword {bindPassword}

Password to use to bind to the server

-W, --keyStorePassword {keyStorePassword}

Certificate key store PIN

-X, --trustAll

Trust all server SSL certificates

-Z, --useSSL

Use SSL for secure communication with the server

"Utility Input/Output Options"

-i, --encoding {encoding}

Use the specified character set for command-line input

--noPropertiesFile

No properties file will be used to get default command line argument values

--propertiesFilePath {propertiesFilePath}

Path to the file containing default property values used for command line arguments

-t, --dontWrap

Do not wrap long lines

-v, --verbose

Use verbose mode

"General Options"

--version

Display version information

-?, -H, --help

Display usage information

"EXIT CODES"

0

The command completed successfully.

ldap-error

An LDAP error occurred while processing the operation. LDAP result codes are described in \m[blue]RFC 4511\m[]. Also see the additional information for details.

89

An error occurred while parsing the command-line arguments.

"FILES"

You can use ~/.opendj/tools.properties to set the defaults for bind DN, host name, and port number as in the following example.

.\}

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
.\}
"EXAMPLES"

The following example searches for entries with UID containing jensen, returning only DNs and uid values.

.\}

$ ldapsearch -p 1389 -b dc=example,dc=com "(uid=*jensen*)" uid
dn: uid=ajensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: ajensen

dn: uid=bjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: bjensen

dn: uid=gjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: gjensen

dn: uid=jjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: jjensen

dn: uid=kjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: kjensen

dn: uid=rjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: rjensen

dn: uid=tjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: tjensen


Result Code: 0 (Success)
.\}
"AUTHORS"

Mark Craig

Author.

Nemanja Lukić

Author.

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