AD servers run an LDAP connector. You use and LDAP API library and try to bind to the tree using the user's name and password for credentials.
George Sexton MH Software, Inc. http://www.mhsoftware.com/ Voice: 303 438 9585 > -----Original Message----- > From: sharda k [mailto:sktom...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:12 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Container based authentication using LDAP and Active > Directory > > How can I implement LDAP to authenticate against AD? Can you please > elaborate? > I need AD for authentication and LDAP fro authorization. > > Thank you, > Sharda > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM, George Sexton > <geor...@mhsoftware.com>wrote: > > > You can use LDAP to authenticate against AD. > > > > George Sexton > > MH Software, Inc. > > http://www.mhsoftware.com/ > > Voice: 303 438 9585 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: sharda k [mailto:sktom...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:01 PM > > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > > Cc: sktom...@gmail.com > > > Subject: Container based authentication using LDAP and Active > Directory > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I want to implement Container based Authentication for a new web > site I > > > am > > > working on. > > > > > > The scenario that I have is: > > > > > > - User ids are being stored in LDAP > > > - User credentials(password) are being stored in Active > Directory > > > (AD). > > > - User roles are gain being stored in LDAP > > > > > > In all examples that I could find in different websites write about > > > LDAP > > > authentication in Tomcat. Is there a way we can combine both LDAP > and > > > AD for > > > authentication? > > > > > > Also I want to use custom login page for it. > > > > > > Any help on this would be appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sharda > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
