We do something similar to authenticate against active directory. The way we do it is to have a generic log in, the application logs in and searches for what in your case would be the namsid using the uid as a parameter. You then need to bind with the namsid that you've looked up and the password to determine authentication.
Ta Matt -----Original Message----- From: James Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 June 2004 21:55 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: re: authentication with ldap after doing an ldap search Our ldap dn is namsid=number,ou=school,o=school The problem is that the student don't know their namsid, they know their uid. I need a way for tomcat to first do a search, looking for anything where uid=netid (which is what the student passed in), then use that entries dn to bind and verify the password that was also entered. Is there anyway to do this in Tomcat? I have the authentication working if the person known their namsid, but few people will as it is used internally. Thank you. -- "Love is mutual self-giving that ends in self-recovery." Fulton Sheen James Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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