-V[V] Print version info. If -VV is given, exit after providing
version info. Otherwise proceed with the specified search
-d debuglevel
Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldapsearch
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
search. Useful for debugging in conjunction with -v.
-v Run in verbose mode, with many diagnostics written to
standard output.
-c Continuous operation mode. Errors are reported, but
ldapsearch will continue with searches. The default is to
exit after reporting an error. Only useful in conjunction
with -f.
-u Include the User Friendly Name form of the Distinguished
Name (DN) in the output.
-t[t] A single -t writes 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 second -t writes all retrieved values to files.
-T path
Write temporary files to directory specified by path
(default: /var/tmp/)
-F prefix
URL prefix for temporary files. Default is file://path
where path is /var/tmp/ or specified with -T.
-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.
-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 Distinguished 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.
-b searchbase
Use searchbase as the starting point for the search
instead of the default.
-s {base|one|sub|children}
Specify the scope of the search to be one of base, one,
sub, or children to specify a base object, one-level,
subtree, or children search. The default is sub. Note:
children scope requires LDAPv3 subordinate feature
extension.
-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.
-l timelimit
wait at most timelimit seconds for a search to complete.
A timelimit of 0 (zero) or none means no limit. A
timelimit of max means the maximum integer allowable by
the protocol. A server may impose a maximal timelimit
which only the root user may override.
-z sizelimit
retrieve at most sizelimit entries for a search. A
sizelimit of 0 (zero) or none means no limit. A sizelimit
of max means the maximum integer allowable by the
protocol. A server may impose a maximal sizelimit which
only the root user may override.
-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
and only occurrence of %s is replaced with a line from
file. Any other occurrence of the the % character in the
pattern will be regarded as an error. Where it is desired
that the search filter include a % character, the
character should be encoded as \25 (see RFC 4515). If
file is a single - character, then the lines are read from
standard input. ldapsearch will exit when the first non-
successful search result is returned, unless -c is used.
-M[M] Enable manage DSA IT control. -MM makes control critical.
-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); a list of
URI, separated by whitespace or commas is expected; only
the protocol/host/port fields are allowed. As an
exception, if no host/port is specified, but a DN is, the
DN is used to look up the corresponding host(s) using the
DNS SRV records, according to RFC 2782. The DN must be a
non-empty sequence of AVAs whose attribute type is "dc"
(domain component), and must be escaped according to RFC
2396.
-P {2|3}
Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.
-e [!]ext[=extparam]
-E [!]ext[=extparam]
Specify general extensions with -e and search 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)
Search extensions:
!dontUseCopy
[!]domainScope (domain scope)
[!]mv=<filter> (matched values filter)
[!]pr=<size>[/prompt|noprompt] (paged results/prompt)
[!]sss=[-]<attr[:OID]>[/[-]<attr[:OID]>...] (server side sorting)
[!]subentries[=true|false] (subentries)
[!]sync=ro[/<cookie>] (LDAP Sync refreshOnly)
rp[/<cookie>][/<slimit>] (LDAP Sync refreshAndPersist)
[!]vlv=<before>/<after>(/<offset>/<count>|:<value>) (virtual list view)
[!]deref=derefAttr:attr[,attr[...]][;derefAttr:attr[,attr[...]]]
[!]<oid>[=:<value>|::<b64value>]
-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 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.
