ldapdelete(1)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OPERANDS | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO

NAME

ldapdelete- ldap delete entry tool

SYNOPSIS

ldapdelete [-n] [-o] [-v] [-c] [-d debuglevel] [-f file] [-D binddn] [-w passwd] [-h ldaphost] [-M authentication] [-p ldapport] [dn...]

DESCRIPTION

The ldapdelete utility opens a connection to an LDAP server, then binds and deletes one or more entries. If one or more dn arguments are provided, entries with those distinguished names are deleted. If no dn arguments are provided, a list of DNs is read from file, if the -f option is specified, or from standard input.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-c

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

-d debuglevel

Sets the LDAP debugging level. Useful levels of debugging for ldapmodify and ldapadd are:

1

Trace

2

Packets

4

Arguments

32

Filters

128

Access control

To request more than one category of debugging information, add the masks. For example, to request trace and filter information, specify a debuglevel of 33.

-D binddn

Uses the distinguished name binddn to bind to the directory.

-f file

Reads the entry deletion information from file instead of from standard input.

-h ldaphost

Specifies an alternate host on which the slapd server is running.

-M authentication

Specifies the authentication mechanism used to bind to the directory. This option can have the value CRAM-MD5. The bind DN and bind password are mandatory with this option.

-n

Shows what would be done, but does not actually delete entries. Useful in conjunction with options -v and -d for debugging.

-o

Specifies the security layer for the mechanism (none, integrity, privacy).

-p ldapport

Specifies an alternate TCP port where the slapd server is listening.

-v

Uses verbose mode, with diagnostics written to standard output.

-w passwd

Uses passwd as the password for authentication to the directory.

OPERANDS

The following operand is supported:

dn

Specifies one or several distinguished names of entries to delete.

EXAMPLES

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Example 1 Deleting an entry




To delete the entry named with commonName Delete Me directly below the XYZ Corporation organizational entry, use the following command:

example% ldapdelete "cn=Delete Me, o=XYZ, c=US" \ -D "cn=Administrator, o=XYZ, c=US" -w password

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ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWlldap (32-bit)
	SUNWldapx (64-bit)
Stability Level	Evolving

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

Non-zero

An error occurred. A diagnostic message is written to standard error.

SEE ALSO

ldapadd(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1), ldapsearch(1), ldap_get_option(3LDAP), ldap_set_option(3LDAP)

SunOS 5.8  Last Revised 20 Jul 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OPERANDS | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO