Name

ldapdelete — perform LDAP delete operations

Synopsis

ldapdelete [DN]

Description

This utility can be used to perform LDAP delete operations in the Directory Server.

If standard input is used to specify entries to remove, end your input with EOF (Ctrl+D on UNIX, Ctrl+Z on Windows).

Options

The ldapdelete command takes the following options:

Command options:

-c | --continueOnError

Continue processing even if there are errors.

Default: false

--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

-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 strings are listed here in lower case, but the case is not important. You can use camelCase if you prefer, for example.

accountusable, accountusability

Account Usability 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

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 Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.10.2

pwpolicy, passwordpolicy

Password Policy Control, Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.8.5.1

realattrsonly, realattributesonly

Real Attributes Only Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.17

subtreedelete, treedelete

Subtree Delete Request Control, Object Identifier: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.805

virtualattrsonly, virtualattributesonly

Virtual Attributes Only Request Control, Object Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.19

-n | --dry-run

Show what would be done but do not perform any operation.

Default: false

-x | --deleteSubtree

Delete the specified entry and all entries below it.

Default: false

LDAP connection options:

-D | --bindDN {bindDN}

DN to use to bind to the server.

Default:

-E | --reportAuthzID

Use the authorization identity control.

Default: false

-h | --hostname {host}

The fully-qualified directory server host name that will be used when generating self-signed certificates for LDAP SSL/StartTLS, the administration connector, and replication.

Default: localhost.localdomain

-j | --bindPasswordFile {bindPasswordFile}

Bind password file.

-K | --keyStorePath {keyStorePath}

Certificate key store path.

-N | --certNickname {nickname}

Nickname of the certificate that the server should use when accepting SSL-based connections or performing StartTLS negotiation.

-o | --saslOption {name=value}

SASL bind options.

-p | --port {port}

Directory server port number.

Default: 389

-P | --trustStorePath {trustStorePath}

Certificate trust store path.

-q | --useStartTLS

Use StartTLS to secure communication with the server.

Default: false

-T | --trustStorePassword {trustStorePassword}

Certificate trust store PIN.

-u | --keyStorePasswordFile {keyStorePasswordFile}

Certificate key store PIN file. A PIN is required when you specify to use an existing certificate as server certificate.

-U | --trustStorePasswordFile {path}

Certificate trust store PIN file.

--usePasswordPolicyControl

Use the password policy request control.

Default: false

-w | --bindPassword {bindPassword}

Password to use to bind to the server. Use -w - to ensure that the command prompts for the password, rather than entering the password as a command argument.

-W | --keyStorePassword {keyStorePassword}

Certificate key store PIN. A PIN is required when you specify to use an existing certificate as server certificate.

-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:

--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.

-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

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
 

Examples

The following command deletes a user entry from the directory.

$ ldapdelete -p 1389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password \
 uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
Processing DELETE request for uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
DELETE operation successful for DN uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
 

The following command deletes the ou=Groups entry and all entries underneath ou=Groups.

$ ldapdelete -p 1389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password -x \
 ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com
Processing DELETE request for ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com
DELETE operation successful for DN ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com