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LDAPSEARCH(1)                                                    LDAPSEARCH(1)



NAME
       ldapsearch - LDAP search tool

SYNOPSIS
       ldapsearch  [-n] [-u] [-v] [-t] [-A] [-L[L[L]]] [-M[M]] [-d debuglevel]
       [-f file] [-D binddn]  [-W]  [-w passwd]  [-y passwdfile]  [-H ldapuri]
       [-h ldaphost]        [-p ldapport]       [-P 2|3]       [-b searchbase]
       [-s base|one|sub|children] [-a never|always|search|find] [-l timelimit]
       [-z sizelimit]    [-O security-properties]   [-I]   [-Q]   [-U authcid]
       [-R realm] [-x] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] filter [attrs...]

DESCRIPTION
       ldapsearch  is  a  shell-accessible  interface  to  the  ldap_search(3)
       library call.

       ldapsearch  opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and performs a
       search using specified parameters.   The filter should conform  to  the
       string  representation  for  search filters as defined in RFC 2254.  If
       not provided, the default filter, (objectClass=*), is used.

       If ldapsearch finds one or more entries, the  attributes  specified  by
       attrs  are returned.  If * is listed, all user attributes are returned.
       If + is listed, all operational attributes are returned.  If  no  attrs
       are  listed,  all user attributes are returned.  If only 1.1 is listed,
       no attributes will be returned.

OPTIONS
       -n     Show what would be done, but don't actually perform the  search.
              Useful for debugging in conjunction with -v.

       -u     Include  the  User  Friendly Name form of the Distinguished Name
              (DN) in the output.

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

       -t     Write  retrieved  non-printable  values  to  a  set of temporary
              files.  This is useful for dealing with values  containing  non-
              character data such as jpegPhoto or audio.

       -A     Retrieve  attributes  only (no values).  This is useful when you
              just want to see if an attribute is present in an entry and  are
              not interested in the specific values.

       -L     Search  results  are  display  in  LDAP  Data Interchange Format
              detailed in ldif(5).   A  single  -L  restricts  the  output  to
              LDIFv1.   A  second  -L  disables comments.  A third -L disables
              printing of the LDIF version.  The default is to use an extended
              version of LDIF.

       -M[M]  Enable manage DSA IT control.  -MM makes control critical.

       -S attribute
              Sort the entries returned based on attribute. The default is not
              to sort entries returned.  If attribute is a zero-length  string
              (""),  the entries are sorted by the components of their Distin-
              guished Name.  See ldap_sort(3)  for  more  details.  Note  that
              ldapsearch  normally prints out entries as it receives them. The
              use of the -S option defeats this behavior, causing all  entries
              to be retrieved, then sorted, then printed.

       -d debuglevel
              Set  the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel.  ldapsearch must be
              compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this  option  to  have  any
              effect.

       -f file
              Read a series of lines from file, performing one LDAP search for
              each line.  In this case, the filter given on the  command  line
              is  treated  as  a  pattern  where the first occurrence of %s is
              replaced with a line from file.  If file is a single  -  charac-
              ter, then the lines are read from standard input.

       -x     Use simple authentication instead of SASL.

       -D binddn
              Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory.

       -W     Prompt for simple authentication.  This is used instead of spec-
              ifying 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  proto-
              col/host/port  fields  are  allowed; a list of URI, separated by
              whitespace or commas is expected.

       -h ldaphost
              Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server  is  running.
              Deprecated in favor of -H.

       -p ldapport
              Specify  an  alternate TCP port where the ldap server is listen-
              ing.  Deprecated in favor of -H.

       -b searchbase
              Use searchbase as the starting point for the search  instead  of
              the default.

       -s base|one|sub|children
              Specify  the scope of the search to be one of base, one, sub, or
              children to specify a base object, one-level, subtree, or  chil-
              dren search.  The default is sub.  Note: children scope requires
              LDAPv3 subordinate feature extension.

       -a never|always|search|find
              Specify how aliases dereferencing is done.   Should  be  one  of
              never, always, search, or find to specify that aliases are never
              dereferenced, always dereferenced, dereferenced when  searching,
              or  dereferenced  only  when  locating  the  base object for the
              search.  The default is to never dereference aliases.

       -P 2|3 Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.

       -l timelimit
              wait at most timelimit seconds for  a  search  to  complete.   A
              timelimit  of  0  (zero) or none means no limit.  A timelimit of
              max means the maximum integer  allowable  by  the  protocol.   A
              server  may  impose a maximal timelimit which only the root user
              may override.

       -z sizelimit
              retrieve at most sizelimit entries for a search.  A sizelimit of
              0  (zero)  or none means no limit.  A sizelimit of max means the
              maximum integer allowable by the protocol.  A server may  impose
              a maximal sizelimit which only the root user may override.

       -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.

       -U authcid
              Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of the  ID
              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 suc-
              cessful.

OUTPUT FORMAT
       If one or more entries are found, each entry  is  written  to  standard
       output in LDAP Data Interchange Format or ldif(5):

           version: 1

           # bjensen, example, net
           dn: uid=bjensen,dc=example,dc=net
           objectClass: person
           objectClass: dcObject
           uid: bjensen
           cn: Barbara Jensen
           sn: Jensen
           ...

       If  the -t option is used, the URI of a temporary file is used in place
       of the actual value.  If the -A option is given, only  the  "attribute-
       name" part is written.

EXAMPLE
       The following command:

           ldapsearch -LLL "(sn=smith)" cn sn telephoneNumber

       will  perform a subtree search (using the default search base and other
       parameters defined in ldap.conf(5)) for entries with a surname (sn)  of
       smith.   The  common name (cn), surname (sn) and telephoneNumber values
       will be retrieved and printed to standard  output.   The  output  might
       look something like this if two entries are found:

           dn: uid=jts,dc=example,dc=com
           cn: John Smith
           cn: John T. Smith
           sn: Smith
           sn;lang-en: Smith
           sn;lang-de: Schmidt
           telephoneNumber: 1 555 123-4567

           dn: uid=sss,dc=example,dc=com
           cn: Steve Smith
           cn: Steve S. Smith
           sn: Smith
           sn;lang-en: Smith
           sn;lang-de: Schmidt
           telephoneNumber: 1 555 765-4321

       The command:

           ldapsearch -LLL -u -t "(uid=xyz)" jpegPhoto audio

       will perform a subtree search using the default search base for entries
       with user id of "xyz".  The user friendly form of the entry's  DN  will
       be output after the line that contains the DN itself, and the jpegPhoto
       and audio values will be retrieved and written to temporary files.  The
       output might look like this if one entry with one value for each of the
       requested attributes is found:

           dn: uid=xyz,dc=example,dc=com
           ufn: xyz, example, com
           audio:< file:///tmp/ldapsearch-audio-a19924
           jpegPhoto:< file:///tmp/ldapsearch-jpegPhoto-a19924

       This command:

           ldapsearch -LLL -s one -b "c=US" "(o=University*)" o description

       will perform a one-level search at the c=US level for all entries whose
       organization  name (o) begins begins with University.  The organization
       name and description attribute values will be retrieved and printed  to
       standard output, resulting in output similar to this:

           dn: o=University of Alaska Fairbanks,c=US
           o: University of Alaska Fairbanks
           description: Preparing Alaska for a brave new yesterday
           description: leaf node only

           dn: o=University of Colorado at Boulder,c=US
           o: University of Colorado at Boulder
           description: No personnel information
           description: Institution of education and research

           dn: o=University of Colorado at Denver,c=US
           o: University of Colorado at Denver
           o: UCD
           o: CU/Denver
           o: CU-Denver
           description: Institute for Higher Learning and Research

           dn: o=University of Florida,c=US
           o: University of Florida
           o: UFl
           description: Warper of young minds

           ...

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

SEE ALSO
       ldapadd(1), ldapdelete(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1),  ldap.conf(5),
       ldif(5), ldap(3), ldap_search(3)

AUTHOR
       The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP   is   developed   and  maintained  by  The  OpenLDAP  Project
       (http://www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is  derived  from  University  of
       Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.3.27                   2006/08/19                     LDAPSEARCH(1)


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