How to connect with Java into Active Directory

Question

I am using Weblogic  Ejb3 0  Java 1 6  I need to access Active Directory via Java code  I read about several ways  Kerberos  LDAP   Anyone could advice me on comfortable way of doing so  where could I have some full code examples   thanks  ray

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You can query Active directory via JNDI and run LDAP operations

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jndi/ldap/authentication.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jndi/ldap/operations.html
http://mhimu.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/active-directory-authentication-using-javajndi/

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Here is a simple code that authenticate and make an LDAP search usin JNDI on a W2K3    class TestAD     static DirContext ldapContext    public static void main  String   args  throws NamingException         try             System out println  D  but du test Active Directory           Hashtable lt String  String gt  ldapEnv   new Hashtable lt String  String gt  11         ldapEnv put Context INITIAL CONTEXT FACTORY   com sun jndi ldap LdapCtxFactory            ldapEnv put Context PROVIDER URL    ldap   societe fr 389          ldapEnv put Context PROVIDER URL    ldap   dom fr 389          ldapEnv put Context SECURITY AUTHENTICATION   simple            ldapEnv put Context SECURITY PRINCIPAL   cn administrateur cn users dc societe dc fr          ldapEnv put Context SECURITY PRINCIPAL   cn jean paul blanc ou MonOu dc dom dc fr          ldapEnv put Context SECURITY CREDENTIALS   pwd            ldapEnv put Context SECURITY PROTOCOL   ssl            ldapEnv put Context SECURITY PROTOCOL   simple          ldapContext   new InitialDirContext ldapEnv             Create the search controls                SearchControls searchCtls   new SearchControls             Specify the attributes to return       String returnedAtts     sn   givenName    samAccountName          searchCtls setReturningAttributes returnedAtts            Specify the search scope       searchCtls setSearchScope SearchControls SUBTREE SCOPE            specify the LDAP search filter       String searchFilter      amp  objectClass user              Specify the Base for the search       String searchBase    dc dom dc fr           initialize counter to total the results       int totalResults   0            Search for objects using the filter       NamingEnumeration lt SearchResult gt  answer   ldapContext search searchBase  searchFilter  searchCtls            Loop through the search results       while  answer hasMoreElements                    SearchResult sr    SearchResult answer next             totalResults             System out println   gt  gt  gt     sr getName             Attributes attrs   sr getAttributes            System out println   gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt     attrs get  samAccountName                    System out println  Total results      totalResults         ldapContext close              catch  Exception e              System out println   Search error      e         e printStackTrace          System exit -1

User · Answer

You can use DDC  Domain Directory Controller    It is a new  easy to use  Java SDK  You don t even need to know LDAP to use it  It exposes an object-oriented API instead   You can find it here

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