NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OPERANDS | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO
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.
The following options are supported:
Continuous operation mode. Errors are reported, but ldapdelete will continue with deletions. The default is to exit after reporting an error.
Sets the LDAP debugging level. Useful levels of debugging for ldapmodify and ldapadd are:
Trace
Packets
Arguments
Filters
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.
Uses the distinguished name binddn to bind to the directory.
Reads the entry deletion information from file instead of from standard input.
Specifies an alternate host on which the slapd server is running.
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.
Shows what would be done, but does not actually delete entries. Useful in conjunction with options -v and -d for debugging.
Specifies the security layer for the mechanism (none, integrity, privacy).
Specifies an alternate TCP port where the slapd server is listening.
Uses verbose mode, with diagnostics written to standard output.
Uses passwd as the password for authentication to the directory.
The following operand is supported:
Specifies one or several distinguished names of entries to delete.
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 |
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
---|---|
Availability | SUNWlldap (32-bit) |
SUNWldapx (64-bit) | |
Stability Level | Evolving |
The following exit values are returned:
Successful completion.
An error occurred. A diagnostic message is written to standard error.
ldapadd(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1), ldapsearch(1), ldap_get_option(3LDAP), ldap_set_option(3LDAP)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OPERANDS | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO