No, AD can not connect to another password store and pull
passwords. You would need some sort of syncing mechanism such as a metadata
syncing tool or other. It also depends completely on how the passwords are
stored in the MySQL database. If they are stored as one way hashes, you would
need to intercept the password change and forward that clear text password on to
Active Directory as it wouldn't be able to use the hash.
One additional concern would be around password policies,
doing something like would require identical policies on the two systems or else
you could get in a situation where a password would be valid for one system, but
not for the other.
joe
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacob Stabl
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:56 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Passwords from SQL
I am running a MySQL server that holds data for a grading program here in the district. Well teachers have the ability to change passwords through that software and I was curious if AD could import passwords for people on a scheduled increment from that SQL database. Can active directory connect to a SQL database to pull other information or possibly import users directly from that database??
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Jacob
Stabl
Network Engineer
Plain Local School District
http://www.plainlocal.org
Office: 330.492.3500
Cell :
330.704.1278
IP Phone: 4466
