Authenticating via LDAP and JNDI

[John English]

Can anyone tell me how to do password authentication against an LDAP
server in Java? Here's how I do it in PHP...

$ldap = ldap_connect("ldap.bton.ac.uk");
if (ldap_bind($ldap)) {
$srch = ldap_search($ldap,"ou=people,dc=brighton,dc=ac,dc=uk",
"uid=$user",array("uid"));
if ($srch) {
$dn = ldap_get_dn($ldap,ldap_first_entry($ldap,$srch));
if ($dn) {
if (ldap_unbind($ldap)) {
$ldap = ldap_connect("ldap.bton.ac.uk");
if (@ldap_bind($ldap,$dn,$pass)) {
return strtoupper($user);
}
}
}
}
}

I'm finding it a bit hard to figure out how to connect, bind, search,
get DNs, and other such simple things...

Any pointers much appreciated!

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[Rene]

Can anyone tell me how to do password authentication against an LDAP
server in Java? Here's how I do it in PHP...


I'm finding it a bit hard to figure out how to connect, bind, search,
get DNs, and other such simple things...

Any pointers much appreciated!

Here you'll find explanations and code samples:

http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/

HTH.

CU

Rene