How To Install ldapscripts on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapscripts on Kali Linux. ldapscripts is Add and remove users and groups (stored in a LDAP directory)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapscripts on Kali Linux.

What is ldapscripts

ldapscripts is:

Ldapscripts are shell scripts that allow management of POSIX accounts (users, groups, machines) in a LDAP directory. They are similar to smbldap-tools but are written in shellscript, not Perl.

They only require OpenLDAP client commands (ldapadd, ldapdelete, ldapsearch, ldapmodify, ldappasswd) and make administrator’s work a lot easier avoiding the need to configure Perl and each library dependency (e.g. Net::LDAP).

These scripts are very simple to configure by not requiring any Samba-related information (SID, profiles, homes, etc): management of Samba attributes is entirely done by standard commands (net, smbpasswd and pdbedit) used together with the scripts. Moreover, most of the configuration is guessed from the one of nslcd, and everything should work out from the box for most users.

The scripts may be used independently - within command lines - or automatically by Samba (like smbldap-tools), to handle POSIX information within accounts before adding Samba information.

There are three methods to install ldapscripts on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ldapscripts Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ldapscripts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ldapscripts

Install ldapscripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ldapscripts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ldapscripts

Install ldapscripts Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ldapscripts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldapscripts

How To Uninstall ldapscripts on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ldapscripts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ldapscripts

Uninstall ldapscripts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ldapscripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldapscripts

Remove ldapscripts Configurations and Data

To remove ldapscripts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ldapscripts

Remove ldapscripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ldapscripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldapscripts

Dependencies

ldapscripts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapscripts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.