We frequently use these tools for user and systems management and for manually editing of the LDAP-database.

====Operating system commandline tools====
  * The .deb package 'ldap-utils' provides cli-tools as ldapadd, ldapcompare, ldapdelete, ldapmodify, ldapmodrdn, ldappasswd, ldapsearch and ldapwhoami.
You can install it simply issuing:
  apt-get install ldap-utils

====Gosa framework for user and systems management====
  *  GOsa² provides a powerful GPL'ed framework for managing accounts and systems in LDAP databases. Gosa presents itself to admins and users via a highly configurable webinterface. More information is available at the Gosa-website https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/.

====Smbldap-tools====
  * The Smbldap-tools are cli-tools, written in perl, that help to manage your samba user and group accounts. Documentation on howto deploy the Smbldap-tools is available in the [[hannibal:fileserver#samba_version-3|Hannibal fileserver section]].

====GQ====
  * GQ is a GTK-based LDAP-client. Useful for low-level manipulating of the LDAP database.
You can install it simply issuing:
  apt-get install gq

====LDAPbrowser====
  * The ldapbrowser is a LDAP-client built in JAVA.
You can download it at http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap

====Ldapvi====
  * Ldapvi is a more hardcore tool for editing LDAP-entries.
You can install it simply issuing:
  apt-get install ldapvi