Re: Query LDAP from Linux??

From: Michael Ströder (michael_at_stroeder.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:27:43 +0200

Kevin Queen wrote:
> I have a developer that wants to be able to query AD
> using a Java based Linux app, what to I need to tell him
> to do so that he can get authenticated and query the
> server? He seems to think that all I need to do is find
> out what the RootDN is, what the hell is it then?

He can obtain the search root(s) from attribute namingContexts in RootDSE.

Note that anonymous login is normally not allowed with Active Directory. You
have to explicitly send a bind request with the DN of a domain account.
Maybe that's his problem. This should be no problem with any Java LDAP API
out there.

Ciao, Michael
(using web2ldap on Linux with python-ldap and OpenLDAP client libs against
Active Directory with simple bind, SASL bind via GSSAPI, etc...)

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