How to allow Users in Active Directory to use the the WCF Service from Compact Framework?

[Supriya]

Hi All,
Is there any way to provide user name and password from device
application to access the WCF service?
Please help me.

Thanks in advance.
Supriya.

 

[Jeff Hopper]

You haven't provided many details on your client or server applications, but
you might want to check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629363.aspx for starters.

Since AD users don't actually have a way to authenticate on a device as they
do on the desktop, this will likely require some coding on both the client
(device app accepts and passes on credentials) and server (WCF service
authenticates the user).

Jeff Hopper
Hopper Consulting, Inc.

 

[Supriya]

Hi Jeff Hopper,
Thanks for your response.I have worked with the certificate. I just want
to know is there any way to allow the WCF service to only some users
(windows). In case if I need to specify user name and password in client
side(device client ) , what are the ways to autheticate the user?
Thanks,
Supriya

 

[Supriya]

Can you please tell me which code to put on server side and client side
to validate user.

My idea is when user login, I need to call some ValidateUser(string Username
and string Password) user defined function in server side.Correct me if I am
wrong.
Thanks.

I'm afraid I don't quite understand your follow-up question.

-----Original Message-----
From: Supriya [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:27 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
Conversation: How to allow Users in Active Directory to use the the WCF
Service from Compact Framework?
Subject: Re: How to allow Users in Active Directory to use the the WCF
Service from Compact Framework?

Hi Jeff Hopper,
Thanks for your response.I have worked with the certificate. I just
want
to know is there any way to allow the WCF service to only some users
(windows). In case if I need to specify user name and password in client

side(device client ) , what are the ways to autheticate the user?
Thanks,
Supriya

You haven't provided many details on your client or server applications,
but you might want to check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629363.aspx for starters.

Since AD users don't actually have a way to authenticate on a device as
they do on the desktop, this will likely require some coding on both the
client (device app accepts and passes on credentials) and server (WCF
service authenticates the user).

Jeff Hopper
Hopper Consulting, Inc.