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Authenticate User against Windows Directory.

 
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Hi
In my company there is need to authenticate the user against windows active directory.
So i need your help.Please tell me the way how i can authenticate the user against Active directory.
I read some where i can do it with LDAP server.but i dont know about LDAP server.
Is there ay way to access activer directory without ldap.
Also please tell me how i can use activeds.IADsOpenDSObject class in my java code.

Please HELP me....

Thanks.
 
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Hi,

Apparently it is possible to authenticate against an Active Directory in JSP. You will need to use naming and directory services as shown here http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/basics/index.html Active Directory is just Microsoft's version of LDAP which means that you will need to use somehting like EasyLDAP http://easyldap.sourceforge.net/ in JSPs.

The bad news is that Active Directory is not very easy to access as the format is proprietry. Here's an example were someone did it http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/ComputerWorld/cedfab08-1d50-47b9-9711-1d835ca6e366.html
 
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What application server are you using? I know Weblogic has an Active Directory authentication provider.
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