Domain Authentication

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We have several computers in our organization that share users. While we use a general account for logging into these computers, I need to give these certain people access to different areas of the program based on their windows authentication.

Currently we use a table that holds their username and password, but that is both not secure and a inelegant. Whenever the user's password changes we have to get their information from IT, which of course they don't want to share...how can I add a form to my program that will authenticate against a windows domain. I will may still need to use a table for access rules until I can figure out Role based access.

any help is greatly appreciated.

I already have found information on environment.username. But that only returns the current logged in user, which doesn't help for elevated access.
 
never mind I found some information on it..


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--Eric Cathell, MCSA
We have several computers in our organization that share users. While we use a general account for logging into these computers, I need to give these certain people access to different areas of the program based on their windows authentication.

Currently we use a table that holds their username and password, but that is both not secure and a inelegant. Whenever the user's password changes we have to get their information from IT, which of course they don't want to share...how can I add a form to my program that will authenticate against a windows domain. I will may still need to use a table for access rules until I can figure out Role based access.

any help is greatly appreciated.

I already have found information on environment.username. But that only returns the current logged in user, which doesn't help for elevated access.
 
Eric,

If you can share the information, I would be interested in it too.

Richard Rosenheim


never mind I found some information on it..


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--Eric Cathell, MCSA
We have several computers in our organization that share users. While we use
a general account for logging into these computers, I need to give these
certain people access to different areas of the program based on their
windows authentication.

Currently we use a table that holds their username and password, but that is
both not secure and a inelegant. Whenever the user's password changes we
have to get their information from IT, which of course they don't want to
share...how can I add a form to my program that will authenticate against a
windows domain. I will may still need to use a table for access rules until
I can figure out Role based access.

any help is greatly appreciated.

I already have found information on environment.username. But that only
returns the current logged in user, which doesn't help for elevated access.
 
Thanks, it looks interested. Might even have to go buy the book.

I thought the same so I've fired off an Amazon order. It's <£10 here in the
UK.

Rob.
 
I didn't realize the US Dollar was that weak against the British Pound.
Amazon is listing the book for $30 in the US.

Richard Rosenheim
 
I didn't realize the US Dollar was that weak against the British Pound.
Amazon is listing the book for $30 in the US.
Click to expand...

That is a surprising difference. Must be some other reason - the pound isn't
*that* strong but it is just £8.04 on www.amazon.co.uk

Rob.
 
I didn't realize the US Dollar was that weak against the British Pound.
Amazon is listing the book for $30 in the US.
Click to expand...

Makes a nice change though - it's usually the other way around :-)
 
According to the currency converter at www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi, 8.04 GBP
= 15.42 USD.

What's also interesting, is that Amazon UK shows the list price of the book
to be £11.49 ($22.45) and is selling the book at a 30% discount. In
addition to having a higher list price ($30) Amazon US is not discounting
the book at all.

Yet another example of the American consumer being screwed by big business?
:-)

Richard Rosenheim
 
Yet another example of the American consumer being screwed by big
business?
Click to expand...

Come and live on "Treasure Island" to know what it's like to be screwed by
big business :-)

Rob.
 
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