RESOLVERTEST.1(1)

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version 3.5.2 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 RESOLVERTEST — the Shibboleth manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the man page for resolvertest, which lives in the Shibboleth manual (section 1, for the record). pull up a chair, we're gonna vibe through it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

resolvertest — literally just here to test the Shibboleth SP attribute resolver 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

two whole modes, pick your fighter:

resolvertest -n name -i idp -p protocol
    [-f format-uri] [-a app]

resolvertest [-a app] < assertion

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do? resolvertest goes and queries the Shibboleth SP attribute resolver, and it's the tool you reach for when you wanna test attribute release policies and all the related config for a Shibboleth SP. no cap.

and you've got two ways to feed it:

  • you can hand it a name, an IdP, and a protocol right there on the command-line, or
  • you can let resolvertest take an assertion in XML on standard input 🎀

either way, she eats. periodt.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -a app — the application ID. if you don't pass it, the default is just "default". she's lowkey humble like that 🙈
  • -i idp — the Identity Provider you're querying for attributes. that's the one you're asking, bestie.
  • -f format-uri — the URI for the attribute format. yep, that's it, that's the whole job ✨
  • -n name — the name to look up. who are we even talking about here.
  • -p protocol — the protocol to use. now listen: normally you'd use one of -saml10, -saml11, or -saml2 to specify the protocol, but -p is your wildcard option — it lets you specify an arbitrary protocol. main character energy fr fr 🔥
  • -saml10 — use the SAML 1.0 protocol. retro 💜
  • -saml11 — use the SAML 1.1 protocol. the middle child 🌈
  • -saml2 — use the SAML 2 protocol. the it-girl ⭐

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this manual page was written by Russ Allbery for Debian GNU/Linux. shoutout to the author, we love a legend 🫶

Copyright 2008 Russ Allbery. this manual page is hereby placed into the public domain by its author. iconic, honestly — no license drama, just vibes 😭💖

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay so there's no SEE ALSO section in this one, which is giving minimalism, and we respect it 🌸

and that's the whole page bestie, you're officially caught up 💅✨

version 3.5.2, dated 2026-02-01 — ty for coming to my ted talk, go test those attribute policies, ily, bye 🦋💖🎀

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