Re: LDAP and PASE Perl 5.005_3

[<Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What I used it for was to allow me to use the same authentication store
that was used by a different web site. LDAP is a good solution for
storing credentials on multiple systems. If you don't have that
requirement, Validation Lists work very well and I've been using them
since they became available. The only downside to validation lists is
that IBM never wrote any commands beyond creating and deleting them and
only provided API's.

To get around that, I wrote a series of commands that can be used to
manage them. You can download this from
http://www.ignite400.org/html/sample_code.htm (you want the integrated
version).

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of George Morey
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:40 PM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WEB400] LDAP and PASE Perl 5.005_3

I'm starting to think that using LDAP is not really what I'm looking
for.  I merely want to provide some method of authenticating users who
wish to access my web content and functions.  I can program it via PERL
as I'm not sure LDAP is the venue for providing authentication.  What do
you use it for?

> > > <Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx> 1/5/2007 10:02 AM >>>
The HTTP server documentation covers how to set this up. From what I
recall the time I did it, the Admin GUI made it pretty easy to do. If
you will be protecting more than one path, you'll want to create an
include file with the setup information in it so you can include it in
each Location container you need to protect.

Matt 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web400-bounces+matt.haas=thomson.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
George Morey
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:11 AM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re: [WEB400] LDAP and PASE Perl 5.005_3

Thanks...I presume that no particular Perl is required.  I haven't
found
any particular tutorial that is definitive, can you point me to one? 
In
addition I've the latest error after putting on yet another package:

Can't locate Convert/ASN1/_decode.pm in @INC 

George... 

> > > <Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx> 1/4/2007 4:45 PM >>>
The HTTP server can use LDAP for basic authentication. Does that help
any?

Matt 

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On Behalf Of George Morey
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:23 PM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [WEB400] LDAP and PASE Perl 5.005_3

I need to provide authentication for users accessing the web server
I'm
developing.  I've restricted myself to PASE Perl 5.005_3 because it
comes with the database connectors and it is my understanding that
PASE
Perl 5.8.0 does not.  At any rate I'm starting to get the idea that
LDAP
is not supported by 5.005_3 but is supported by 5.8.0.  I've arrived
at
this conclusion because LDAP.pl has a dependency on 'Convert/ASN1.pm'
which appears to be limited to PASE Perl 5.8.0.  If any of you have
any
knowledge in regard to this I would appreicate hearing from you.  

Regards...George