OpenLDAP and Active Directory

Mon Mar 22 17:41:27 UTC 2010

On 22/03/10 12:24 -0500, Andrews Carl 448 wrote:
>Please forgive me if this is an inappropriate place to make this
>requests.
> 
> 
>I need to setup an OpenLDAP server for proxy authentication to Microsoft
>Active Directory. From what I have been able to determine this is
>completely possible but I am missing something. I have the O'Reilly LDAP
>book but it was written several years prior to the current OpenLDAP
>version and there has been a major rewrite of the software.

Depending on details, you might find assistance with these two lists:

http://www.openldap.org/lists/mm/listinfo/openldap-software
http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/cyrus-sasl

If you're wanting to authenticate based on username/password (as apposed to
client Kerberos credentials), include 'saslauthd' in your search.

>Can anyone help me or point me to somewhere I can get assistance? I have
>tried one consulting firm and that was a stellar failure.
> 
>I've tried many different searches but a search for 'active directory,
>openldap, authentication, proxy, pass-through' either gives information
>for Squid or all go back to the same OpenLDAP Administrators guide from
>which I am missing something.

-- 
Dan White