Re: LDAP Noobie

["Paul Wilson" <elviscious@rmci.net>]

Yes this will work.  Best resource I found was just php.net and the ldap
documentation there.

The way I use it is you just bind as the username/password combo you want
to test.  If they bind then they authenticated successfully.  If not, they
didn't.

pwilson

> Hi All,
>
> 	This is my first time on this list. I have tried for about a week now
> to find some information that would help me in my endeavors, to no
> avail. I am new to useing LDAP and PHP together. I have tried to search
> the PHP Forums/Lists and the web to find answer that are most likely
> rudimentry. So I would appreciate if any of you could take a few
> moments to help me.
>
>
> Im running a Win2K Server with Apache/PHP w/LDAP Support. Im trying to
> create a web application for my intranet here. One of the things Im
> trying to do is user authentication thru a php login interface that uses
> LDAP to talk to an Active Directory Server to validate the user. My
> question is basic, Will this work? Can PHP w/LDAP be used to take a
> username and password and then query the Active Directory Server to
> validate the user? If so, can anyone point me to a place to find some
> helpful info?
>
> Beriah
>
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