Differences between version 12 and predecessor to the previous major change of ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationNotes.
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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:34:27 pm | by GreigMcGill | Revert |
| Older page: | version 11 | Last edited on Saturday, December 11, 2004 3:37:59 am | by BrianCain | Revert |
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@
;search type:is 'sub' for subtree
;search filter:is a filter to apply, we only want to return user's (since we don't want people doing something silly like authenticating as a printer or a domain name)
the sAMAccountName is the ldap attribute ActiveDirectory uses for storing the username.
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+Note that Windows doesn't provide any really useful ways of seeing the LDAP structure, and thus knowing how to construct your LDAP queries can be tricky. There is a very helpful tool called "Ldp.exe" in the Windows Support Tools package (see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301423 - and note that there is an article for win2k3 also). Using this tool can be fairly intimidating. See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;224543 for an overview.
[1]: Domain Component
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!!Round Two!
