Question

Common name, lets say “John Smith” is used compose the DN, but is it posible to compose a full DN using UID.

Im currently doing this and it works.

Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11);
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, 
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://myDomain.com");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "CN=John Smith,OU=IT,OU=MyCompany,OU=Users,DC=myDomain,DC=com");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "myPassWrd");

Now I want to use UID, for example J.smith, for authentication instead of his full name. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I use:

 env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, username);
 env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password); 

Works for me.