Sounds like a SASL2 pass-through solution could work, esp. if you can get an account there with query capabilities. I will look for some references that could get you started.
Chuck Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Timothy Keith <[email protected]> wrote: >We have limited access to the servers. Same company, different IT >organization. Our LDAP requirement must be transparent to those servers. We >want to inherit the LDAP directory information from the Unix servers - mostly >the user Id and passwords, and add information that is needed by applications >that our servers will manage. > > >Tim > > >On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Chuck Theobald <[email protected]> wrote: > >Details of your authn server would be helpful. Do you have access to the >admins of that server? Are they cooperative? > >I tried to set this up using SASL to communicate with the campus Active >Directory. Reliability is a bit suspect, it will typically take 3-4 attempts >to get a successful authentication. Also, the setup requires an account on AD >that is capable of making queries. The particulars of our installation force >me to use my own - not ideal. > >Anyway, your situation may vary, so send us some details on what you are >trying to talk to for autn. > >Chuck > > > > >On 12/17/2015 04:32 PM, Timothy Keith wrote: > >We are attempting to set up an LDAP server which will answer queries >from an application. The database will contain metadata on a set of >users in the application. The application will also query the server >to authenticate the user’s password, however, this server will not >house the password. That resides on another server, which our server >will query. We do not have administrative rights to the other >server. > > The difficulty we are having now is setting up the pass-through >authentication for the passwords. Any pointers in how to proceed with >this would be greatly appreciated. > >Regards, > >Tim > > > >-- >Chuck Theobald >System Administrator >The Robert and Beverly Lewis Center for Neuroimaging >University of Oregon >P: 541-346-0343 >F: 541-346-0345 > > >
