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August 9th, 2004, 11:23 AM

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I believe if you're accessing the LDAP server directly from the same computer then you don't need SSL but otherwise you most likly do.

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August 11th, 2004, 08:18 AM

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Hy I have tried to read the Active Directory (LDAP) remotely by a LDAP Browser and I don't find entrys for the password, what should i do, are there any special DNs or CN??
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August 11th, 2004, 08:43 AM

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Microsoft says you must use SSL before you can write to the unicodePwd field.

It is not possible read the unicodePwd field. The CN of the unicodePwd field is "Unicode-Pwd".

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August 11th, 2004, 08:55 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hithere76

Hi,

I am trying to create user acct in Active Directory LDAP server frm=om a JAVA application.

1) Is SSL a must??
2) how come i am able to create users with setting password over a non-SSL mode from a java app?
3) how come i am able to create accts with password from C++ apps??

Is there a clear document from MSFT on SSL requirements for ADS access to create user accts from C++/Java apps.

Anita

Try this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;273753

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August 25th, 2004, 10:27 AM

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Anyone of you checked the policy Settings of the Active Directory Server?

The Server 2003 has very strict default password policies; if your password doesn't conform the rules it says "Server unwilling to perform..."

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August 25th, 2004, 11:14 AM

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Yeah, when I try to write to the unicodePwd field, I always conform to my server's password policy (can't vouch for anyone else, though).

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August 25th, 2004, 12:44 PM

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AY, sorry for disturbing, but a cannot even make a connection with ldaps://serverip/ ...

There is a CA installed n the Server running the AD. What more do i have to do?

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August 25th, 2004, 01:22 PM

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It seems "ldaps://" does not work when connecting to Active Directory. You'll have to specify "ldap://", and then manually specify the secure LDAP port. Look at previous posts for that information.

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August 25th, 2004, 01:44 PM

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the solution is here:

http://www.ldaphelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=6

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August 25th, 2004, 03:02 PM

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Wow. I don't know how you figured that out, but I will try it, and if it works, YOU ARE GOD.

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Did it work?

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August 28th, 2004, 01:01 AM

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Well, the scripts I wrote initially don't work at all anymore (after-effect of renaming a domain), and I don't have the time to figure them out.

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Wow, I'm still utterly stoked that he made it work, and I won't believe it until I see it.

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September 30th, 2004, 11:54 AM

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Hey Guys - I'm new to this forum, so be easy on me... I got the LDAPS thing working - installing a cert server on my DC took care of that. I created the directory and necessary file with reference to OpenLDAP on the DC. I made sure that the web server was "trusted for delegation" on the machine object. I think the main problem I am facing now is the Unicode encoding process. I can get the encoding done with the "stringconverter.exe" app, and have it post it to another variable or even to a text file (and I even avoided the forking issue...finally... stupid NTFS security...). I really want to avoid using an external app to do the conversion. Thus far, all of the sample code that I have found will not encode a string so that it matches the output of the stringconverter. The code found on the link from arknius found at http://www.ldaphelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=6 doesn't work for me. I keep getting an unknown variable found on line 8. Turns out that my ver of PHP (or whatever...) doesn't like the $newpassw variable with a ".=" . If I define the variable, the error goes away, but alas, no encoding... lol. I have been toying around with PHP for a few years, and this is pretty much the only thing I haven't been able to do - thus far. If anyone has found a working code, please post.
Network Config:
2003 Domain Controller - Cert Services / OPENLDAP dir at root
2003 Member Server hosting IIS6 and PHP 5.
By the way, using the stringconverter and ldifde does work, but I would really like to keep everything internal to PHP with LDAP calls.
Thanks!

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October 6th, 2004, 07:04 AM

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Check my solution on http://www.ldaphelp.com

it works with AD

PHP Code:


		
			
// Check Pwds 

if ( $passwd1 == $passwd2 ) { 

   // prepare data 

      $newPassword = $passwd1; 

      $newPassword = "\"" . $newPassword . "\""; 

      $len = strlen($newPassword); 

      for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++) 

            $newPassw .= "{$newPassword{$i}}\000"; 

      $newPassword = $newPassw; 

      $userdata["unicodePwd"] = $newPassword; 

      $result = ldap_mod_replace($ds, $dn , $userdata); 

      if ($result) echo "User modified!" ; 

      else echo "There was a problem!"; 



}

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November 5th, 2004, 05:16 PM

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Thanks very much. That helped me tremendously!

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