Managing entries/password in LDAP from command line

First you have to install the utilities of openLDAP to connect to your LDAP. LDAP is a protocol, it means that you can use the openldap library to connect to other ldap like apache ds for instance:

yum install openldap-clients.x86_64

You can change the password using the admin bind account



ldappasswd -H ldap://:10399 -x -D "uid=admin,ou=system" -W -S "uid=bhashya_avula,ou=Persons,dc=mycompany,dc=com"



Or you can use the user account to change the password

ldappasswd -H ldap://:10399 -x -D "uid=xcvvsd,ou=Persons,dc=,dc=com" -W -A -S

If the account is locked, you can unlock it using apache ds. First, make sure that your connection use display the operational information by checking the below box. 


ldapsearch -H ldap://localhost:10389 -b "uid=admin,ou=system" -wXXXXX -s sub "(cn=Soullard)" +

 
















Then remove  the pwdAccountLockedTime attribute