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

Option Description
information for the mechanism. For example:
-o "mech=DIGEST-MD5" -o
"authzid=test_user" -o
"authid=test_user"
Table 6.16. SASL Options
See SASL Options for information on how to use SASL options with ldapdelete.
Additional ldapdelete Options.
Option Description
-c Specifies that the utility must run in
continuous operation mode. Errors are
reported, but the utility continues with
deletions. The default is to quit after reporting
an error.
-f Specifies the file containing the distinguished
names of entries to be deleted. For example:
-f modify_statements
Omit this option to supply the distinguished
name of the entry to be deleted directly to the
command-line.
-H Lists all available ldapdelete options.
-M Manages smart referrals. This causes the
server not to return the smart referral
contained on the entry but, instead, to delete
the actual entry containing the smart referral.
For more information about smart referrals,
see the "Configuring Directory Databases"
chapter in the Directory Server Administrator's
Guide.
-n Specifies that the entries are not actually to
be deleted, but that ldapdelete is to show
what it would do with the specified input.
-O Specifies the maximum number of referral
hops to follow. For example:
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