Just in case anyone is interested in the resolution of this question... I found a small app, with source code, called portforward <http://www.quantumg.net/portforward.php>and it seems to be working fine.
-- noonie On 6 February 2012 16:57, noonie <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > We have created a web-based user management system that works with Active > Directory however the development time has been greatly increased by not > having a local environment to develop and test against. > > I have managed to get a copy of the remote domain brought into our network > with he following config:- > > Windows XP workstation (on our domain) hosting Microsoft Virtual Server > containing Windows Server™ 2003 Service Pack 2 as the guest O/S. > > The guest is configured as a domain controller and contains a close copy > of the remote AD. > > The guest O/S is configured to use the host loop-back network adapter and > is completely isolated from the host's domain. > > What I want to do is be able to configure the application under > development to use LDAP connections and point them at the "replica" domain > controller. The fact that this is hosted on XP is giving me a headache but > this configuration is not open for negotiation. > > I assume that I need a port forwarding solution but XP doesn't appear to > have one built in and Fpipe, which works fine for port 8080 --> 80 mapping > appears to choke when I connect using an LDAP browser (ADAM ADSI Edit) > mapping 1389 --> 389. I can connect and display the schema root but > drilling into the directory returns errors at the client and logs errors in > the Fpipe command window. I suspect that I've just chosen the wrong tool to > do the forwarding. > > Has anyone had any success with this type of configuration and what > recommendations do you guys have for port forwarding/mapping utilities that > will work for me on XP? > > -- > Regards, > noonie >
