l-ldap@perl.org'
Subject: Re: basic question about binding without knowing the DN
Hi Mark,
On 18/04/2011 22:15, Mark Inaba wrote:
>
> is there no way to say my DN is 'cn=minaba,DC=foo,DC=com' in the bind request
> and have the ldap server itself know who i mean? what determine
27 PM
To: Dan Cutler
Subject: RE: basic question about binding without knowing the DN
hi dan,
so i was wondering if a user can bind with a subset of the DN...like foo.com.
i'm wondering how in the world
ldap.exe does it. another poster mentioned something about AD, but i don't know
how
onymous binds. So while not ideal, its better than other alternatives.
In either case, you should use LDAPS (ie wire encryption) so that
eavesdroppers, will not see anything useful.
This is a whole other topic for another day...
-Original Message-
From: Mark Inaba [mailto:min...@nyx.co
an bind with a subset of the DN...like foo.com.
i'm wondering how in the world
ldap.exe does it. another poster mentioned something about AD, but i don't know
how AD fits into LDAP (except that it's the middle two letters reversed..)
-Original Message-
From: Dan Cutler [mai
arch the directory for this user (the login name is unique) and return its
"DN".
If the DN is found, use it as a parameter and bind again as the actual user
(you).
Does this help?
--Dan
-Original Message-
From: Mark Inaba [mailto:min...@nyx.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 201
On 14 Apr 2011, at 18:22, Mark Inaba wrote:
> hello perl-ldap mailing list,
>
> i'm wondering if i'm trying to do the impossible, even though it seems like
> this might be a common situation.
> i'm trying to verify a user/password by having the user bind to an ldap
> server. the problem is tha
mailto:min...@nyx.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:23 AM
To: 'perl-ldap@perl.org'
Subject: basic question about binding without knowing the DN
hello perl-ldap mailing list,
i'm wondering if i'm trying to do the impossible, even though it seems
like this might be a common s
hello perl-ldap mailing list,
i'm wondering if i'm trying to do the impossible, even though it seems like
this might be a common situation.
i'm trying to verify a user/password by having the user bind to an ldap server.
the problem is that just given a username, i can't guess the DN because the
