Authenticating against Active Directory - Revision history

George2 at 12:53, 3 March 2015

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	</source>		</source>
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−	~~Below is a complete java program to read a text file containing a list of usernames and passwords and then output the success or fail to a text file.~~

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	Below is a complete java program to read a text file containing a list of usernames and passwords and then output the success or fail to a text file.		Below is a complete java program to read a text file containing a list of usernames and passwords and then output the success or fail to a text file.
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	}}		}}

		+	</source>
		+
		+	Below is a complete java program to read a text file containing a list of usernames and passwords and then output the success or fail to a text file.
	~		~

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 The method "checkPass" is called with three parameters.<br>
-The method returns the string "fail" or "success".
+The method returns the string "fail" or "success".<br>
 The basic code came from a google search.

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 The method "checkPass" is called with three parameters.<br>
 The method returns the string "fail" or "success".
 <source lang="java">

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	'''Code to check that user credentials are valid'''		'''Code to check that user credentials are valid'''
		+
		+	The method "checkPass" is called with three parameters.
		+	The method returns the string "fail" or "success".

	<source lang="java">		<source lang="java">

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               "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
      env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,
-              "LDAP://"+server+".campus.goldsmiths.ac.uk:389"); //replace with your server URL/IP
+              "LDAP://"+server+".camping.goldfinger.ac.uk:389"); //replace with your server URL/IP
               //only DIGEST-MD5 works with our Windows Active Directory
      env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION,

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	'''Code to check that user credentials are valid'''		'''Code to check that user credentials are valid'''

		+	<source lang="java">
	package myservlets;		package myservlets;

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−	'''Code to check user credentials'''	+	'''Code to check that user credentials are valid'''
		+
		+	package myservlets;
		+
		+	import java.util.*;
		+	import javax.naming.*;
		+	import javax.naming.directory.*;
		+
		+	public class QueryNewAd {
		+
		+	public String checkPass(String SERVER, String USERNAME, String PASS){
		+	String server = "";
		+	String userName = "";
		+	String pass = "";
		+
		+	server = SERVER;
		+	userName = USERNAME;
		+	pass = PASS;
		+
		+
		+
		+	try {
		+	Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
		+	env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
		+	"com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
		+	env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,
		+	"LDAP://"+server+".campus.goldsmiths.ac.uk:389"); //replace with your server URL/IP
		+	//only DIGEST-MD5 works with our Windows Active Directory
		+	env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION,
		+	"DIGEST-MD5"); //No other SALS worked with me
		+	env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL,
		+	userName); // specify the username ONLY to let Microsoft Happy
		+	env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, pass); //the password
		+
		+	DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);
		+
		+	ctx.close();
		+
		+	} catch(NamingException ne) {
		+	return "fail";
		+	}
		+
		+	//if no exception, the user is already authenticated.
		+	return "success";
		+	}}
		+
		+	~