LDAP Tools on RHEL
 

Hi All,

Here i am again with another question for you all. I have been searching for a standalone or built-in CLI tool for Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) which will allow me to query any LDAP ( primarily Microsoft Active Directory). I'm aware of ldapsearch and other tools which are available only on an LDAP server.

The usage scenario is as follows.

We have a Apache based web application which imports user data from Active Directory. I am responsible for deploying this application in various customer premises with varying LDAP structures. What I need is a way to verify details provided to me by the customer before I start the installation, I'd love to find a way to do this from a linux environment.

Right now I login to windows machine and use 'dsquery' from CLI and "ldp" from GUI to accomplish these tasks. A CLI command or tool will be best, I can also settle for a GNOME based tool if nothing else.

Does anyone know of existence of any such tool?

Thanks in advance!

well you've already found ldapsearch, what's wrong with that??

AFAIK ldapsearch doesn't get installed unless you install OpenLDAP. I cannot install OpenLDAP on these servers as they are purposed for other uses.

Can I get ldapsearch in a "portable" format ?

it's normally in a seperate openldap-tools or openldap-clients package. no server needed.