Another possible solution that may work is to change the port number (assuming this is a GC server): If you were using the port 389 change it to 3268 If you were using the port 636 change it to 3269 This may work because (and I quote): A GC (global catalog) server returns referrals on … Read more
Ugh. LDAP. If you’re using the .Net Framework 3.5 or above, I highly recommend using the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace. That makes things so much easier. public void AddUserToGroup(string userId, string groupName) { try { using (PrincipalContext pc = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, “COMPANY”)) { GroupPrincipal group = GroupPrincipal.FindByIdentity(pc, groupName); group.Members.Add(pc, IdentityType.UserPrincipalName, userId); group.Save(); } } catch (System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException E) … Read more
Thanks to Win’s Answer for pointing out that I needed to use Windows Compatibility Pack, I was able to figure this out. The first thing I had to do was install the Nuget package Install-Package Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility At the time, I needed a preview version, so I appended -Version 2.0.0-preview1-26216-02 on the end of this command … Read more
The short answer is “yes”. A sample ldapsearch command to query an Active Directory server is: ldapsearch \ -x -h ldapserver.mydomain.example \ -D “mywindowsuser@mydomain.example” \ -W \ -b “cn=users,dc=mydomain,dc=com” \ -s sub “(cn=*)” cn mail sn This would connect to an AD server at hostname ldapserver.mydomain.example as user mywindowsuser@domain.example, prompt for the password on the … Read more
Here you go: Online LDAP Test Server It’s free, contains data, browsable. Make sure you use LDAP v3 when trying to bind. Example of using from command line: ldapsearch -W -h ldap.forumsys.com -D “uid=tesla,dc=example,dc=com” -b “dc=example,dc=com” Password: password Returns: # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <dc=example,dc=com> with scope subtree # filter: (objectclass=*) # … Read more
AD and LDAP contain user attributes e.g. first name, last name, phone number. They also contain a user login and password and roles (groups) so can be used for authentication and authorisation. This authentication mainly uses Kerberos. In the Microsoft world, AD is the main player but if you want a “simple” AD, you can … Read more
Yes, using the LDAP_MATCHING_RULE_IN_CHAIN matching rule (OID 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941). For example: (memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=group,cn=users,DC=x) see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746475%28VS.85%29.aspx
What is LDAP? What are the scenarios where LDAP is the right choice? At its core, LDAP is a protocol for accessing objects that are suitable for storage in a directory. Whether something is “suitable” is an entirely subjective determination that’s left up to implementers, but typically this means collections of many objects that each … Read more
LDAP is a protocol for querying user directories. For example, Active Directory or Novell eDirectory both support LDAP. It is also, to a degree a syntax for doing such queries, like how SQL is a querying language for querying databases. An LDAP command could look like (givenName=Mike) And it would return all Mikes in the … Read more