How To Install ldapscripts on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapscripts on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldapscripts
Remove ldapscripts Configurations and Data
To remove ldapscripts configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapscripts package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.