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Why do I get the error "Unable to update the password" when calling AzMan?

I'm doing a authorization check from a WinForms application with the help of the AzMan authorization provider from Enterprise Library and I'm receiving the the following error: Unable to update the password. The value provided as the current password is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007052B) (Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLi...

How do I use ADAM to run unit tests?

I writing a web site that uses Active Directory to validate users. I don't have access to an Active Directory instance that I can edit in any way. I've heard that some people are using Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) to create AD data to be used in Unit and Integration Testing. Has anyone else done this? Are the any good site/...

How can I configure Microsoft ADAM to be similar to Active Directory?

I want to put users into an instance of ADAM so that ADAM looks similar to a typical, real, Active Directory server. I'm developing an application that integrates with LDAP. I've tested with OpenLDAP and its core.schema. Now I'd like to test with with Active Directory, but the closest I can get to that using my equipment is by testi...

Setting up SSL in Active Directory how-to

I need to set up SSL over Active Directory. I googled a lot but could not found a decent write up about how to do this. Please if you know some good resources about this let me know. Thanks! ...

ADAM authentication - howto?

I'm attempting to authenticate a user against ADAM using a user I created in ADAM. However, regardless of the password used (correct, or incorrect), my search comes back with a valid DirectoryEntry object. I would assume that if the password is invalid, then the search would come back with a null object. Are my assumptions wrong or is...

ADAM authentication w/ ADAM user and simple bind

I've followed the ADAM Step by Step Guide from Microsoft and setup an ADAM instance on my local machine. I'm attempting to authenticate using the "Mary Baker" account, but every time I get a COM exception on the if (entry.Guid != null) line below. The exception states that there's an unknown user name or bad password. However, I can u...

How do you find out if your AD/AM instance is up and running via C#?

I saw a link to find out if AD was running, but am not too sure if the same applies to AD/AM. One caveat is that I should be able to check about any AD/AM instance (any domain) assuming I have permissions. ...

Deploying ADAM

I need to have a way to deploy ADAM store to other environments in a couple of different ways. Full backup and restore: take all contents from one environment and restore all in another environment Partial backup and restore: take all contents for a particular OU (Organisation Unit) and restore at the same location in another environme...

Why aren't companies using LDAP as a central repository for other than users?

In every larger company I worked for they used LDAP as a way to access the central repository of user information, but very few have taken efforts to extend the schema to include objectClasses that aren't derived from inetOrgPerson. Microsoft's Active Directory makes extensive schema extensions but very few commercial products leverage ...

Are most LDAP administrators creating LDIFs by hand?

Are there tools that make the job easier? If command-line only tools exist, then can anyone speculate if there is a market for a GUI tool? For example, you can create a relational database by modeling visually. Should the same notion exist for LDAP? ...

Web-based LDAP Browser

Is anyone aware of an "web-based" application that allows developers to browse an LDAP server and view objectClasses and attributeClasses? Ideally I would love something open source that is written in either Java or .NET. ...

How to prevent Duplicate Object creation in ADAM ?

I am testing out using ADAM and the DSML services. I have two ADAM servers, one is a replica of the other and they are Load Balanced. How can you protect duplicate object creation in the ADAM directory? ...

Open Source SPML to LDAP Gateways

I recently ran across Project Keychain and wanted to know if there are any other SPML to LDAP gateways that are open source. Implementation language does not matter. ...

Choosing an RDN for new objectClasses in LDAP?

What are the best practices for choosing an RDN when creating new objectClasses in LDAP? I know you can choose from uid, cn, ou, and so on, but what practices should one follow? ...

Using ADAM to validate users in a DMZ zone

ISS and ASP.NET. In my setup I have a web application that must be accessable from: an organisatition of 3000 users 200 external users The solution is hosted in the organisations DMZ. Initially i was hoping to do AD based authentication for the 3000 org users, so that they wouldnt need to remember more passwords. Now the hosting...

ADFS and ASP.NET

Hello Just looking for clarification on the above topics. There are a number of domains with their own AD The domain where my ASP.NET application is running hosts the ADFS server (the root domain) there are TRUSTs established between each domain and the root domain Then there shouldn't be a problem? I don't use Forms authentication...

Authenticating an ADAM user against ADAM from C# - cannot bind

I have set up an ADAM instance and added some test users. From c# I can bind to ADAM using a windows account but I cannot bind using one of the ADAM users. (I can successfully bind the adam users in ldp) & I have made sure the users are enabled by setting msDS-UserAccountDisabled attribute to false. When I bind with my windows account I...

access domain user thru adam

Hi I'm using redmine (a rails ticket management) and I'd like users to be able to log with their net user and password. I've followed the ADAM Step by Step Guide from Microsoft and setup an ADAM instance on my local machine. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5163B97A-7DF3-4B41-954E-0F7C04893E83&displaylang=e...

How do I accomplish the following in LDAP?

I would like to accomplish this goal using AD/ADAM The ability to make an email or other attributeClass as part of inetOrgPerson globally unique across entries The ability to attach a regular expression to an attribute for validation purposes The ability to provide a constraint of enumerated choices such as choosing from a list of vali...

ADAM activity

We have an application that will retrive intformation from ADAM server. I would like to moniter the user activity on ADAM server and would like to capture the user requests on the ADAM server. Is there any tool that will help to get this info. -svr ...