ldap cheatsheet

ldapwhoami

Check current user

ldapwhoami -vvv -H ldap://ldap.example.com

or on macOS

ldapwhoami -vvv -h ldap.example.com

Specify LDAP URI instead of host name

ldapwhoami -vvv -H ldap://ldap.example.com

Specify username and prompt for password

ldapwhoami -vvv -H ldap://ldap.example.com -U <USER> -W

ldapsearch

Query LDAP for given user name

ldapsearch -LLL -H ldap://ldap.example.com -b "DC=example,DC=com" "samAccountName=<USER>"

Specify attributes to display

ldapsearch -LLL -H ldap://ldap.example.com -b "DC=example,DC=com" "samAccountName=<USER>" dn sAMAccountName mail