Also forward this mail to users ML ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elie Ciment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 1, 2007 3:28 PM Subject: Re: Microsoft AD To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aha. Any suggested code to get me started? Say, using JNDI. I don't know much about LDAP or JNDI; what I do know is that I can access AD through Java, because I have opened up the LDAPBrowser in Eclipse and can see everything. My problem is that I am not looking for a browser, but rather for the functionality of the browser. I want to be able to take an invrentory of the network based on the entries found in Active Directory - which means, I will need to provide (within the Web based app I am writing) a view of the hierarchy/architecture of the Directory and let the administrator choose exactly which OUs to scan for computers/workstations. Anything to get me started would really be a big help, with all your expertise in the matter. You are definitely correct in saying that using a GUI's undocumented API (or even if it were documented) to try and accomplish the task of simply querying AD might not be the way to go, but I don't know exactly what is the way to go. Thanks for all your help, I appreciate it. And, yes, I do know that this is all on a volunteer basis; what I meant was that the community (in other projects and I am sure here as well) is always on hand and really passionate about the project on which they work. I myself have answered (asked more than answered) questions posed on various mailing lists. Needless to say, I do not always have the answers, but I understand that this is not something you are paid to do - that makes it all the more appreciated. Thanks, EC On 2/1/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
oops. I guess I just click on reply... I don't know... It has worked for me a few minutes ago. The sad point is that apacheds-tools is buggy on the nighty build. I just opened an issue about it : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-838 On 2/1/07, Elie Ciment < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way, I just realized - yo replied to me personally, and not the > user list. > > And, once I've got you - I can't seem to download the nightly from iktek > - it just hangs for a while. Any ideas? > > -EC > > On 2/1/07, Elie Ciment <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Thanks for your help. I'll check out the others, now, I guess... > > > > Thanks! > > > > On 2/1/07, Emmanuel Lecharny < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > So, I cannot use LDAPStudio classes for querying AD, and I should > > > > use OpenLDAP or JNDI? > > > > > > > > > Well, LdapStudio is meant to be a GUI, not an API, so if you want to > > > use its code base to qyuey any ldap server, you will have to go deep into > > > the code to do it. Of course this is possible, but this is not really the > > > simplest way to go... > > > > > > The reason I wanted to use Apache Directory (LDAPStudio) classes is > > > > because as an ASF project I know that there was a lot of thought put into > > > > the design of the code and that there will be an active mailing list for > > > > support when needed. > > > > > > > > > Sure :) But it was not inended to be used the way you want. Anyway, > > > it can be done. Let me find the place in the code where we build the ldap > > > messages and send them to the server... (will take a little while) > > > > > > I feel that with all open source projects in the ASF you can turn to > > > > them for help and somebody's always there for you. > > > > > > > > > well, that's not exactly how it works :) but basically, you can push > > > a mail, and if somebody has an answer, you will get it ... Remember that > > > people at apache are all volunteers, and are also pretty busy ;) > > > > > > In addition, Apache will go through the trouble of finding the right > > > > code to use, ie OpenLDAP and JNDI. So, using those classes that Apache > > > > builds which make the most of the underlying classes - much better than a > > > > beginner would - I would love to just take a pre-bundled project that is > > > > easy to use. > > > > > > > > > Not sure that they are easy to use at all... (and I'm not really > > > proud of this, as I wrote part of them ...) At some point, we should provide > > > a kind of API like JLdap is. > > > > > > Remember that any API has a learning curve, and you won't avoid to > > > spend some time on it. Apache won't do this for you :) > > > > > > Does that make sense? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > EC > > > > > > > > On 1/31/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Elie Ciment a écrit : > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am new to the LDAP Studio, and actually cannot find the link > > > > > to > > > > > > download > > > > > > it right now. I currently use / have been using the Eclipse > > > > > plugin, which > > > > > > now links to directory.apache.org . > > > > > > > > > > Well, the nighty build is - temporarily - available here : > > > > > http://www.iktek.com/index.jsp?rubrique=ads > > > > > > > > > > This is *not* a release, but a build done every nigth at 2am > > > > > UTC. > > > > > > > > > > The release will be available very soon. > > > > > > > > > > > A question I have is can I leverage the code for this Studio > > > > > without the > > > > > > front end - I want to query Active Directory without having > > > > > the > > > > > > presentation > > > > > > handle it, but only the underlying code to incorporate it in > > > > > my Struts > > > > > > web > > > > > > application. > > > > > > > > > > np at all, but no need to use LdapStudio at all. The best > > > > > solution would > > > > > be either to use JNDI or (in my mind, much better), the OpenLdap > > > > > API for > > > > > java ( http://www.openldap.org/jldap/) > > > > > > > > > > Emmanuel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > EC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cordialement, > > > Emmanuel Lécharny > > > www.iktek.com > > > > > > > -- Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
-- Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
