= Shelldap =

A handy shell-like interface for browsing LDAP servers and editing their
content. It keeps command history, has sane autocompletes, credential caching,
site-wide and individual configs, and it's fun to say.
Shelldap! Shelldap! Shelldap!

Witness!

{{{
% shelldap 
~ > [ tab ]
~ > 
cat     clear   cp      delete  env     grep    id      ls      move    passwd  read    search  touch   whoami  
cd      copy    create  edit    exit    help    list    mkdir   mv      pwd     rm      setenv  vi      
~ > cd ou=People
ou=People,~ > cat uid=ma[ tab ]
ou=People,~ > cat uid=mahlon

dn: uid=mahlon,ou=People,dc=laika,dc=com
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: shadowAccount
objectClass: apple-user
cn: Mahlon E. Smith
departmentNumber: Technology - IT
displayName: Mahlon
gecos: Mahlon E. Smith
gidNumber: 200
givenName: Mahlon
homeDirectory: /home/m/mahlon
l: Ghetto
loginShell: /bin/tcsh
mail: mahlon@martini.nu
mobile: 1+8829999005747
sn: Smith
title: Manager, Information Systems
uid: mahlon
uidNumber: 20933
userPassword: *

ou=People,~ > 
}}}

== Downloads ==

You can download the latest script [http://code.martini.nu/shelldap/archive/tip.zip here].

It is also available via the 
FreeBSD [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/net/shelldap/ ports] system, OS X via 
[http://shelldap.darwinports.com/ macports], !Debian/Ubuntu via [http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/shelldap apt],
NetBSD's [ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/sysutils/shelldap/README.html pkgsrc], OpenBSD [http://openports.se/sysutils/shelldap/ ports], and openSUSE's [http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=shelldap&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory&lang=en Build Service].

Many thanks to the maintainers of these packages.


== Installation ==

Shelldap is simply a perl script.  Put it into a convenient place of your choosing.

Shelldap requires the following perl modules to function properly:

 - YAML::Syck
 - Term::Shell
 - Digest::MD5 
 - Net::LDAP
 - Algorithm::Diff


== Development ==


You can also check out the source via [http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ Mercurial] from the following uri:

{{{
% hg clone http://code.martini.nu/shelldap/
}}}


== Documentation ==

Once installed, Shelldap is fully documented via perldoc, and has a built-in `help` command as well.