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    | LDAPWHOAMI(1) | General Commands Manual | LDAPWHOAMI(1) | 
NAME¶
ldapwhoami - LDAP who am i? tool
SYNOPSIS¶
ldapwhoami [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-x] [-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd] [-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri] [-e [!]ext[=extparam]] [-E [!]ext[=extparam]] [-o opt[=optparam]] [-O security-properties] [-I] [-Q] [-N] [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X authzid] [-Y mech] [-Z[Z]]
DESCRIPTION¶
ldapwhoami implements the LDAP "Who Am I?" extended operation.
ldapwhoami opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and performs a whoami operation.
OPTIONS¶
- -V[V]
 - Print version info. If -VV is given, only the version information is printed.
 - -d debuglevel
 - Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldapwhoami must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to have any effect.
 - -n
 - Show what would be done, but don't actually perform the whoami operation. Useful for debugging in conjunction with -v.
 - -v
 - Run in verbose mode, with many diagnostics written to standard output.
 - -x
 - Use simple authentication instead of SASL.
 - -D binddn
 - Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. For SASL binds, the server is expected to ignore this value.
 - -W
 - Prompt for simple authentication. This is used instead of specifying 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 protocol/host/port fields are allowed; a list of URI, separated by whitespace or commas is expected.
 - -e [!]ext[=extparam]
 - -E [!]ext[=extparam]
 - 
    
Specify general extensions with -e and whoami extensions with -E. ´!´ indicates criticality.
General extensions:
[!]assert=<filter> (an RFC 4515 Filter)
!authzid=<authzid> ("dn:<dn>" or "u:<user>")
[!]bauthzid (RFC 3829 authzid control)
[!]chaining[=<resolve>[/<cont>]]
[!]manageDSAit
[!]noop
ppolicy
[!]postread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
[!]preread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
[!]relax
sessiontracking[=<username>]
abandon,cancel,ignore (SIGINT sends abandon/cancel,
or ignores response; if critical, doesn't wait for SIGINT.
not really controls)WhoAmI extensions:
(none) - -o opt[=optparam]
 - 
    
Specify any ldap.conf(5) option or one of the following:
nettimeout=<timeout> (in seconds, or "none" or "max")
ldif_wrap=<width> (in columns, or "no" for no wrapping)-o option that can be passed here, check ldap.conf(5) for details.
 - -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.
 - -N
 - Do not use reverse DNS to canonicalize SASL host name.
 - -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 successful.
 
EXAMPLE¶
ldapwhoami -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -W
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHOR¶
The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS¶
OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
| 2025/05/22 | OpenLDAP 2.6.10 |