RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Tony G
From: Brian Leach > > This brings up a question: Does anyone know if we can > > link a C++ or .NET DLL into the UD or UV executables? > > Maybe call via a user exit or some other mechanism > > directly from BASIC? Shelling out is very inelegant, > > slow, and can be insecure. > > You can link

RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Brian Leach
Tony > This brings up a question: Does anyone know if we can link a > C++ or .NET DLL into the UD or UV executables? Maybe call > via a user exit or some other mechanism directly from BASIC? > Shelling out is very inelegant, slow, and can be insecure. You can link C code to UniVerse using G

RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Adam Eccleshall
Hi, You can call DLLs from UniData on Windows with the CALLC function. It's in the "Developing UniBasic Applications" manual under "Linking Programs with UniData". I think there's a Universe equivalent, but as I don't use UV, I've never needed to check. This links dynamically, though - you only

RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Bruce McAdoo
p; Brown, Ltd. bmca...@wbltd.com -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Hona, David Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:34 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] validate active directory username & p

Re: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Craig Bennett
Any ideas how I might be able to validate active directory username & password from within unidata? Contact br...@cross.net.au and see if he is still selling the LDAP interface I wrote for him. This will let you use a unibasic subroutine to query active directory including validating a username

RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Hona, David
Further clarification of the requirements would be useful. When and how often do you want to do this? Do you want to use an API or using the 'shell' okay? Is it to be used on Windows & UNIX servers? Does need to work on UD & UV? Do you want to 'spend' any money to get the 'perfect' or quick 'n' dir

RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-18 Thread Tony G
> From: Bruce McAdoo > Any ideas how I might be able to validate active directory username & > password from within unidata? I'd encrypt the data in BASIC, pass it to a windows box, and execute an EXE that just does the authentication and returns a yes or no (also encrypted to deter corruption in

RE: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-17 Thread Ross Ferris
What platform is UD running on . I assume *nix? Do "you" need to do this, or is it enough that the host OS has validated logon credentials against AD? Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage > Better by Design! >-Original Message- >From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u

Re: [U2] validate active directory username & password from within unidata?

2009-03-17 Thread Steve Romanow
Bruce McAdoo wrote: Any ideas how I might be able to validate active directory username & password from within unidata? --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ We use Centeris Likewise Enterprise --- u2-users maili