README.md

Implements a simple Reg-ex replace for LDAP

This code is based upon px-ldap-group-cleanup

Development environment

PipEnv

Install dependencies

pipenv install

Execute the script directly

pipenv run ./px-ldap-replace

or activate the venv-first

pipenv shell
./px-ldap-replace

Pip

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements-devel.txt

Dynamically linking to the repo

python setup.py develop

Installation

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Statically install the script

python setup.py install

Configuration

All parameters set via command-line can also be set in the config. Every config-parameter is optional.

~/.config/px-ldap-replace.yaml:

---
# the ldap-servers domain-name or IP
host: ldap.example.org
# where to start searches
search_base: dc=example,dc=org
# object-filter defaults to '(objectclass=inetOrgPerson)'
search_filter: '(objectclass=groupOfUniqueNames)'
# user-dn for bind
bind_dn: cn=my-script-user,ou=admins,dc=example,dc=org
# user password
bind_pw: <better-use-stdin>
# LDAP-attributes to modify (defaults to all)
attributes: '*'
# regex search pattern
pattern: Foo
# regex replacement string
repl: Bar
# the attribute name to check against the limit-file
limit_key: mail
# file-path to a value whitelist (newline separated)
limit_file: mails.txt
...

Example

If no password is is defined it will be requested via getpass:

px-ldap-replace \
  --host='ldap.example.org' \
  --search-base='dc=example,dc=org' \
  --bind-dn='cn=my-script-user,ou=admins,dc=example,dc=org' \
  --pattern='bad' \
  --repl='good' \
  --limit-key='mail' \
  --limit-file='mails.txt'

With mails.txt looking like:

[email protected]
[email protected]