6.1. Finding and Executing Command-Line Utilities

6.1. Finding and Executing Command-Line Utilities

The ldapsearch, ldapmodify, ldapdelete, and ldappasswd command-line utilities are provided as a separate package, called either mozldap-tools or mozldap6-tools, and the utilities are installed in /usr/lib/mozldap or /usr/lib/mozldap6, respectively. Depending on the package installed on the system, add the path to the PATH environment variable to use the command-line utilities.

NOTE

For most Linux systems, OpenLDAP tools are already installed in the /usr/bin/ directory. These OpenLDAP tools are not supported for Directory Server operations. For the best results with the Directory Server, make sure the path to the Mozilla LDAP tools comes first in the PATH or use the full path and file name for every LDAP operation. To use Mozilla LDAP tools, ensure that /usr/lib/mozldap or /usr/lib/mozldap6 appears in the PATH variable before /usr/bin.

These OpenLDAP tools can be used for Directory Server operations with certain cautions:

  • The output of the other tools may be different, so it may not look like the examples in the documentation.

  • The OpenLDAP tools require a -x argument to disable SASL so that it can be used for a simple bind, meaning the -D and -w arguments or an anonymous bind.

  • The OpenLDAP tools' arguments for using TLS/SSL and SASL are quite different than the Mozilla LDAP arguments. See the OpenLDAP documentation for instructions on those arguments.

The ldif and dbscan command-line utilities are stored in the /usr/bin directory.


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