<br><font size=2><tt>Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com> wrote on 08/05/2005
09:05:23 PM:<br>
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> The generic way to do the authentication is just to use LDAP, since
<br>
> Active Directory is just a jazzed up LDAP database server with a non-
<br>
> standard Kerberos implementation. You can crib some code from
<br>
> LDAPUserFolder for the authentication bits. I'm not sure exactly
<br>
> what "obtaining credentials" involves, but I'm guessing
that's just a <br>
> Kerberos ticket? Mac OS X should have all the APIs to do it,
since <br>
> it has good Kerberos support which supposedly integrates well with
<br>
> Active Directory... you'll probably have to a C extension to get at
<br>
> that, but that should be no big deal.<br>
> <br>
> Good luck, I don't have any Windows Server machines around, and am
<br>
> not really interested in dealing with Windows... but hopefully <br>
> somebody else can help you :)<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Thanks, Bob. By saying "obtain credentials"
I meant to stay generic in</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>describing goals since I don't know whether the options
presented</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>to us would involve Kerberos or NTLM, though we definitely
prefer</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Kerberos.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I guess there's no need to restrict this query to
Python mailing</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>lists, since I guess we could wrap a C solution. I
guess I need</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>to go look at some Mac developer mailing lists.</tt></font>
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Brad Allen</b><br>
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