Name

ldapdelete — perform LDAP delete operations

Synopsis

ldapdelete {options} [DN]

Description

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

Options

The following options are supported.

--assertionFilter {filter}

Use the LDAP assertion control with the provided filter

-c, --continueOnError

Continue processing even if there are errors

-f, --filename {file}

LDIF file containing the changes to apply

-J, --control {controloid[:criticality[:value|::b64value|:<filePath]]}

Use a request control with the provided information

-n, --dry-run

Show what would be done but do not perform any operation

-x, --deleteSubtree

Delete the specified entry and all entries below it

-Y, --proxyAs {authzID}

Use the proxied authorization control with the given authorization ID

LDAP Connection Options

-D, --bindDN {bindDN}

DN to use to bind to the server

Default value: cn=Directory Manager

-E, --reportAuthzID

Use the authorization identity control

-h, --hostname {host}

Directory server hostname or IP address

Default value: localhost.localdomain

-j, --bindPasswordFile {bindPasswordFile}

Bind password file

-K, --keyStorePath {keyStorePath}

Certificate key store path

-N, --certNickname {nickname}

Nickname of certificate for SSL client authentication

-o, --saslOption {name=value}

SASL bind options

-p, --port {port}

Directory server port number

Default value: 389

-P, --trustStorePath {trustStorePath}

Certificate trust store path

-q, --useStartTLS

Use StartTLS to secure communication with the server

-T, --trustStorePassword {trustStorePassword}

Certificate trust store PIN

-u, --keyStorePasswordFile {keyStorePasswordFile}

Certificate key store PIN file

-U, --trustStorePasswordFile {path}

Certificate trust store PIN file

--usePasswordPolicyControl

Use the password policy request control

-V, --ldapVersion {version}

LDAP protocol version number

Default value: 3

-w, --bindPassword {bindPassword}

Password to use to bind to the server

-W, --keyStorePassword {keyStorePassword}

Certificate key store PIN

-X, --trustAll

Trust all server SSL certificates

-Z, --useSSL

Use SSL for secure communication with the server

Utility Input/Output Options

-i, --encoding {encoding}

Use the specified character set for command-line input

--noPropertiesFile

No properties file will be used to get default command line argument values

--propertiesFilePath {propertiesFilePath}

Path to the file containing default property values used for command line arguments

-v, --verbose

Use verbose mode

General Options

--version

Display version information

-?, -H, --help

Display usage information

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