ldapsearch
ldapsearch — perform LDAP search operations
Options
The ldapsearch command takes the following options:
Command options:
-a | --dereferencePolicy {dereferencePolicy}-
Alias dereference policy ('never', 'always', 'search', or 'find'). Default: never
-A | --typesOnly-
Only retrieve attribute names but not their values. Default: false
--assertionFilter {filter}-
Use the LDAP assertion control with the provided filter.
-b | --baseDn {baseDN}-
Search base DN.
-c | --continueOnError-
Continue processing even if there are errors. Default: false
-C | --persistentSearch ps[:changetype[:changesonly[:entrychgcontrols]]]-
Use the persistent search control. A persistent search allows the client to continue receiving new results whenever changes are made to data that is in the scope of the search, thus using the search as a form of change notification.
The optional changetype setting defines the kinds of updates that result in notification. If you do not set the changetype , the default behavior is to send notifications for all updates.
add-
Send notifications for LDAP add operations.
del,delete-
Send notifications for LDAP delete operations.
mod,modify-
Send notifications for LDAP modify operations.
moddn,modrdn,modifydn-
Send notifications for LDAP modify DN (rename and move) operations.
all,any-
Send notifications for all LDAP update operations.
The optional changesonly setting defines whether the server returns existing entries as well as changes.
true-
Do not return existing entries, but instead only notifications about changes. This is the default setting.
false-
Also return existing entries.
The optional entrychgcontrols setting defines whether the server returns an Entry Change Notification control with each entry notification. The Entry Change Notification control provides additional information about the change that caused the entry to be returned by the search. In particular, it indicates the change type, the change number if available, and the previous DN if the change type was a modify DN operation.
true-
Do request the Entry Change Notification control. This is the default setting.
false-
Do not request the Entry Change Notification control.
--countEntries-
Count the number of entries returned by the server. Default: false
-e | --getEffectiveRightsAttribute {attribute}-
Specifies geteffectiverights control specific attribute list.
-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. For some controloid values, you can replace object identifiers with user-friendly strings. The values are not case-sensitive:
Assertion,LdapAssertion-
Assertion Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.1.12
AccountUsable,AccountUsability-
Account Usability Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.9.5.8
AuthzId,AuthorizationIdentity-
Authorization Identity Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.16
Csn,ChangeNumber,ChangeSequenceNumber-
Change Sequence Number Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.9.5.9 This is an internal DS server control.
EffectiveRights,GetEffectiveRights-
Get Effective Rights Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.9.5.2
ManageDsaIt-
Manage DSAIT Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.2
Noop,No-Op-
No-Op Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.10.2
PwdPolicy,PasswordPolicy-
Password Policy Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.8.5.1
PasswordQualityAdvice-
Password Quality Advice Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.36733.2.1.5.5
PermissiveModify-
Permissive Modify Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1413
PSearch,PersistentSearch-
Persistent Search Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.3
PostRead-
Post Read Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.1.13.2
PreRead-
Pre Read Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.1.13.1
ProxiedAuthV1-
Proxied Authorization Request Control V1, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.12
ProxiedAuth,ProxiedAuthV2-
Proxied Authorization Request Control V2, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.18
RealAttrsOnly,RealAttributesOnly-
Real Attributes Only Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.17
RelaxRules-
Relax Rules Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.5.12
TreeDelete,SubTreeDelete-
Subtree Delete Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.805
Sort,ServerSideSort-
Server Side Sort Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.473
PagedResults,SimplePagedResults-
Simple Paged Results Control, Object Identifier: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.319
SubEntries-
Sub-Entries Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.10.1
TxnId,TransactionId-
Transaction ID Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.36733.2.1.5.1 This is an internal ForgeRock control.
VirtualAttrsOnly,VirtualAttributesOnly-
Virtual Attributes Only Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.19
Vlv,VirtualListView-
Virtual List View Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.9
-l | --timeLimit {timeLimit}-
Maximum length of time in seconds to allow for the search. Default: 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 and do not contact the server. Default: false
-s | --searchScope {searchScope}-
Search scope ('base', 'one', 'sub', or 'subordinates'). Note: 'subordinates' is an LDAP extension that might not work with all LDAP servers. Default: sub
-S | --sortOrder {sortOrder}-
Use the server side sort control to have the server sort the results using the provided sort order. You can provide multiple comma separated sort keys. Sort key must respect the following pattern: "[-] attributeType [:OrderingRuleNameOrOID]". Minus character represent a descending sort order.
--simplePageSize {numEntries}-
Use the simple paged results control with the given page size. Default: 1000
--subEntries-
Use subentries control to specify that subentries are visible and normal entries are not. Default: false
-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: 0
LDAP connection options:
--connectTimeout {timeout}-
Maximum length of time (in milliseconds) that can be taken to establish a connection. Use '0' to specify no time out. Default: 30000
-D | --bindDn {bindDN}-
DN to use to bind to the server. Default:
-E | --reportAuthzId-
Use the authorization identity control. Default: false
-h | --hostname {host}-
Fully-qualified server host name or IP address. Default: localhost.localdomain
-N | --certNickname {nickname}-
Nickname of the certificate that should be sent to the server for SSL client authentication.
-o | --saslOption {name=value}-
SASL bind options.
-p | --port {port}-
Directory server port number.
--providerArg {argument}-
Configuration argument for the PKCS#11 provider.
--providerClass {class}-
Full class name of the PKCS#11 provider.
--providerName {name}-
Name of the PKCS#11 provider.
-q | --useStartTls-
Use StartTLS to secure communication with the server. Default: false
-T | --trustStorePassword[:env|:file] {trustStorePassword}-
Truststore password which will be used as the cleartext configuration value.
--useJavaKeyStore {keyStorePath}-
JKS keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.
--useJavaTrustStore {trustStorePath}-
Use a JKS truststore file for validating server certificate.
--useJceKeyStore {keyStorePath}-
JCEKS keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.
--useJceTrustStore {trustStorePath}-
Use a JCEKS truststore file for validating server certificate.
--useJvmTrustStore-
Use the JVM truststore for validating server certificate. Default: false
--usePasswordPolicyControl-
Use the password policy request control. Default: false
--usePkcs11KeyStore-
PKCS#11 keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication. Default: false
--usePkcs12KeyStore {keyStorePath}-
PKCS#12 keystore containing the certificate which should be used for SSL client authentication.
--usePkcs12TrustStore {trustStorePath}-
Use a PKCS#12 truststore file for validating server certificate.
-w | --bindPassword[:env|:file] {bindPassword}-
Password to use to bind to the server. Omit this option while providing the bind DN to ensure that the command prompts for the password, rather than entering the password as a command argument.
-W | --keyStorePassword[:env|:file] {keyStorePassword}-
Keystore password which will be used as the cleartext configuration value.
-X | --trustAll-
Trust all server SSL certificates. Default: false
-Z | --useSsl-
Use SSL for secure communication with the server. Default: false
Utility input/output options:
--no-prompt-
Use non-interactive mode. If data in the command is missing, the user is not prompted and the tool will fail. Default: false
--noPropertiesFile-
No properties file will be used to get default command line argument values. Default: false
--propertiesFilePath {propertiesFilePath}-
Path to the file containing default property values used for command line arguments.
-t | --wrapColumn {wrapColumn}-
Maximum length of an output line (0 for no wrapping). Default: 0
-v | --verbose-
Use verbose mode. Default: false
General options:
-V | --version-
Display Directory Server version information. Default: false
-H | --help-
Display this usage information. Default: false
Filters
The filter argument is a string representation of an LDAP search filter as in (cn=Babs Jensen) , (&(objectClass=Person)(|(sn=Jensen)(cn=Babs J*))) , or (cn:caseExactMatch:=Fred Flintstone) .
Attributes
The optional attribute list specifies the attributes to return in the entries found by the search. In addition to identifying attributes by name such as cn sn mail and so forth, you can use the following notations, too.
*-
Return all user attributes such as
cn,sn, andmail. +-
Return all operational attributes such as
etagandpwdPolicySubentry. @objectclass-
Return all attributes of the specified object class, where objectclass is one of the object classes on the entries returned by the search.
1.1-
Return no attributes, only the DNs of matching entries.
Exit codes
- 0
-
The command completed successfully.
- ldap-error
-
An LDAP error occurred while processing the operation. LDAP result codes are described in RFC 4511 . 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