What brand of LDAP server are you planning on using? If it's Windows Active Directory, there are some things to know about.
I use IIS/browser authentication for our intranet, but I use CFLDAP to connect to Active Directory to get group membership for each user. I also pull mailbox-related information for Exchange mailbox size reporting. I'm planning on rewriting my intranet so that I can use an html form for username/password to make it a bit more portable on PDAs and other mobile devices. If you have an LDAP server, use it rather than creating a DB to hold security information. You can add people to group, add attributes, etc. LDAP is mainly geared for user-type storage so there is little reason to rebuild if LDAP will support your requirements. If you plan on selling this system, then a DB would be a bit more portable than LDAP. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Kessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: LDAP My boss asked me to hook into our ldap system for password validation and I'm looking for any heads-up or advice that I could get. Do people use cfLDAP for this? If I have an app and I just want a few people to have access to it, do I use a DB to store access groups and names of people and use LDAP to verify the passwords? How would that normally work? thanks. -- Daniel Kessler Department of Public and Community Health University of Maryland Suite 2387 Valley Drive College Park, MD 20742-2611 301-405-2545 Phone www.phi.umd.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198676 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
