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LDAPSEARCH(1)							 LDAPSEARCH(1)

NAME
       ldapsearch - LDAP search tool

SYNOPSIS
       ldapsearch  [-n]	 [-u]  [-v]  [-k]  [-K]	 [-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]     [-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.

       -k     Use Kerberos IV authentication instead of simple authentication.
	      It is assumed that you already  have  a  valid  ticket  granting
	      ticket.	ldapsearch  must be compiled with Kerberos support for
	      this option to have any effect.

       -K     Same as -k, but only does step 1 of the Kerberos IV bind.	  This
	      is   useful   when  connecting  to  a  slapd  and	 there	is  no
	      x500dsa.hostname principal registered with your Kerberos	Domain
	      Controller(s).

       -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 Dis‐
	      tingished 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).

       -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
	      Specify the scope of the search to be one of base, one,  or  sub
	      to  specify  a  base  object, one-level, or subtree search.  The
	      default is sub.

       -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 server may
	      impose a maximal timelimit which only the root  user  may	 over‐
	      ride.

       -z sizelimit
	      retrieve at most sizelimit entries for a search.	A sizelimit of
	      0 (zero) or none means no limit.	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 2.2.26			  2005/04/28			 LDAPSEARCH(1)
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