From here:
-- Added to settings.py --
### ACTIVE DIRECTORY SETTINGS
# AD_DNS_NAME should set to the AD DNS name of the domain (ie; example.com)
# If you are not using the AD server as your DNS, it can also be set to
# FQDN or IP of the AD server.
AD_DNS_NAME = 'example.com'
AD_LDAP_PORT = 389
AD_SEARCH_DN = 'CN=Users,dc=example,dc=com'
# This is the NT4/Samba domain name
AD_NT4_DOMAIN = 'EXAMPLE'
AD_SEARCH_FIELDS = ['mail','givenName','sn','sAMAccountName']
AD_LDAP_URL = 'ldap://%s:%s' % (AD_DNS_NAME,AD_LDAP_PORT)
-- In the auth.py file --
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.conf import settings
import ldap
class ActiveDirectoryBackend:
def authenticate(self,username=None,password=None):
if not self.is_valid(username,password):
return None
try:
user = User.objects.get(username=username)
except User.DoesNotExist:
l = ldap.initialize(settings.AD_LDAP_URL)
l.simple_bind_s(username,password)
result = l.search_ext_s(settings.AD_SEARCH_DN,ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
"sAMAccountName=%s" % username,settings.AD_SEARCH_FIELDS)[0][1]
l.unbind_s()
# givenName == First Name
if result.has_key('givenName'):
first_name = result['givenName'][0]
else:
first_name = None
# sn == Last Name (Surname)
if result.has_key('sn'):
last_name = result['sn'][0]
else:
last_name = None
# mail == Email Address
if result.has_key('mail'):
email = result['mail'][0]
else:
email = None
user = User(username=username,first_name=first_name,last_name=last_name,email=email)
user.is_staff = False
user.is_superuser = False
user.set_password(password)
user.save()
return user
def get_user(self,user_id):
try:
return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
except User.DoesNotExist:
return None
def is_valid (self,username=None,password=None):
## Disallowing null or blank string as password
## as per comment: http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/501/#c868
if password == None or password == '':
return False
binddn = "%s@%s" % (username,settings.AD_NT4_DOMAIN)
try:
l = ldap.initialize(settings.AD_LDAP_URL)
l.simple_bind_s(binddn,password)
l.unbind_s()
return True
except ldap.LDAPError:
return False