BTW, I will add that it is Windows' security that requires a certificate to change as password. ColdFusion could not care less.
M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Knudsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:57 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: LDAP passwords which requires windows and your server belongingt in the correct domain and all. In my company the network/sysadmins will not allow this. I though you could use the cfldap tag for this. You have to have a uid/pwd that has the permissions to do such a thing. Depending on your LDAP server, the pwd field maybe different too. Doug like this maybe http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid =17267&forumid=4 On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:50:49 -0600, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need a SSL certificate to do this securely with LDAP. I, > personally, think that is overkill. > > However, the LDAP attribute is unicodePwd or something similar. > > This is how I do it on the Windows platform: > I run ColdFusion as an domain account that is also an Account Operator > (has permissions to change passwords, among other things.) > > Then, I use CFEXECUTE to call the NET USER command with the proper > arguments to change the user's password. > > It is very easy and works quite well. > > When I create new accounts and need to set a password, I use a custom > COM object I built that does it all. > > M!ke > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:41 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: LDAP passwords > > Is there any way I can allow my users to change their Active Directory > passwords through CFLDAP? > > When I dump the entire record for a user I don't see any column > hinting at password so I'm assuming the answer no, but I thought I'd > throw it out to the group before dismissing it entirely. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200071 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
