LDAP question

[Guest]

Hi,
We are developing a new website which allow user with valid A.D username and
password to access some data. The developer told me he is going to use LDAP
for this authentication. I am running a windows 2000 domain, and wondering if
I have to do anything to active or set LDAP on Active Directory, or I don’t
know maybe everything is there by default.

Thanks for any help-Rob

 

[Simon Geary]

Active Directory is an LDAP directory, you shouldn't have to do anything
special. This white paper may be useful for you though.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/ldapcomp.mspx

 

[Enkidu]

Hi,
We are developing a new website which allow user with valid A.D username and
password to access some data. The developer told me he is going to use LDAP
for this authentication. I am running a windows 2000 domain, and wondering if
I have to do anything to active or set LDAP on Active Directory, or I don’t
know maybe everything is there by default.

Thanks for any help-Rob

You may have to set LDAP to use a port other than 389 if you
need access to your LDAP datastore with tools and such or if
the www server is on another machine and not on the LDAP server.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Eric Fleischman [MSFT]]

Actually in AD, we hard-code the server-side port to be 389 for LDAP, 636
for LDAPS. This can't be changed for AD.
ADAM, on the other hand, allows you to change the port to whatever you would
like. But that's a different can of worms altogether.

~Eric

 

[Enkidu]

Actually in AD, we hard-code the server-side port
to be 389 for LDAP, 636 for LDAPS. This can't be
changed for AD. ADAM, on the other hand, allows you
to change the port to whatever you would like. But
that's a different can of worms altogether.

Yes, that's true but the OP was talking about another
application, not AD itself. That application would have to
use another port for LDAP if it had to reside on a DC. For
example, Exchange may need to be set to use another port.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;224447

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Eric Fleischman [MSFT]]

Oh, they were? I didn't read it that way.
Sorry for the spam.

~Eric