You can use ~/.opendj/tools.properties to set the defaults for bind DN, host name, and port number as in the following example. hostname=directory.example.com port=1389 bindDN=uid=kvaughan,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com ldapcompare.port=1389 ldapdelete.port=1389 ldapmodify.port=1389 ldappasswordmodify.port=1389 ldapsearch.port=1389