There are a few other ways.
Use M$ SiteServer and use JNDI to talk to it,
or on UNIX have Apache with the mod_ldap,
or use smb_lib (minus the mem faults) through JNI
or use parts of jCIFS.
Thor HW
----- Original Message -----
From: Nic Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Authentication
> >>> "Schmidt, Allen J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02-Feb-00 1:28:26 PM
> >>>
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Maria Turk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> >>Does anyone have an example servlet for authenticating people to a
> database.
> >>I'm creating one but I'm struggling at the moment.
>
> I've discussed this before on the list... do a search on the
> archives.
>
> It's pretty easy really.
>
>
> >Similar to this, I would like to find information and specific
> examples on
> >authenticating to an NT Domain User and Group list.
>
> This is harder and more interesting.
>
> There are 3 possible ways of doing it:
>
> 1. JNI (ie: C code to be called by Java) provides access by using
> NT's registry calls to read user information.
>
> 2. MS class to access to registry - just the same as the JNI solution
> really but M$ do the work for you (and charge you no doubt)
>
> 3. The bits of string method:
> a) use AT to regularly dump contents of user registry (including
> passwords) to a file
> b) use the file within the servlet as the source of the security
> info
>
>
> SECURITY NOTE: All these methods are inherantly insecure since you
> are providing access to NT's (supposedly secure - but you ask the dead
> cow) security registry over a completly insecure link.
>
> You have been warned.
>
>
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
>
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