Re: [Fwd] checkauth problem

[Chris R. <chr...@ma...>]

On 16/9/02 6:50 pm, DeMarco, Alex <DEM...@sy...> wrote:

> I'm slowly catching on.
> 
> Since I will know the userid and the password and the domain for the person
> I am looking for, there is no sense in searching.  Just try to bind as that
> user.. RIGHT?
> 
> So if:
> 
> Userid = USERJO
> password = welcome
> Domain = MYTEST
> 
> then,
> 
> use Net::LDAP;
> $ldap->bind();
> $mesg = $ldap->bind("cn=USERJO,cn=MYTEST","welcome");
> 
> Should work??  I Get an Error 48 with the above...
> 
> - Alex

Looks like my advice was pretty bogus, sorry!

As this sort of question does come up rather frequently (no criticism
intended!) we should maybe write an FAQ  ("How do I bind to my xyz server")
on it.

Cheers,

Chris