passing credentials from one Python app to another

[Brad A. <bra...@ma...>]

Hi,

I see that others on the list have successfully authenticated against
Active Directory using python-ldap.

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7313275&forum_id=4346

What I'm now wondering about is whether it's possible to take
an obtained set of Active Directory credentials (a Kerberos ticket?
from a Python client app and pass those credentials across the network
to a Python server app, which would inspect the credentials and provide
appropriate authorizations.  The client app must run on Mac OS X
and Windows XP, while the server app runs on Windows XP and relies
on Python's SimpleXMLRPC.

I haven't yet gotten as far as building and installing python-ldap
and the requisite components, but it would be nice to know before
I get too far into it whether I'm barking up the wrong tree and
should start looking at more specialized Active Directory/Kerberos
tools.

Any thoughts or help on this subject would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Brad Allen
Omnicom Management Services
Dallas, TX