Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Configuration, Command, and File Reference

Option Description
• authid
• authzid
• secProp
• realm
• flags
The expected values depend on the
supported mechanism. The -o can be used
multiple times to pass all of the required SASL
information for the mechanism. For example:
-o "mech=DIGEST-MD5" -o
"authzid=test_user" -o
"authid=test_user"
Table 6.12. SASL Options
See SASL Options for information on how to use SASL options with ldapmodify.
Additional ldapmodify Options.
Option Description
-b
Causes the utility to check every attribute
value to determine whether the value is a
valid file reference. If the value is a valid file
reference, then the content of the referenced
file is used as the attribute value. This is often
used for specifying a path to a file containing
binary data, such as JPEG.
For example, to add a jpegPhoto attribute,
specify the -b option on the ldapmodify call.
In the LDIF provided to ldapmodify, include a
line like the following:
jpegPhoto: /tmp/photo.jpeg
ldapmodify reads the contents of the
ldapmodify
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