Monthly Archives: June 2012

Quick setup for Tomcat manager authentication using LDAP

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Terry Gardner

Purpose Steps Create users in the Directory Server database Create JNDI realm in the Tomcat configuration Restart Tomcat Notes Tomcat’s manager is not enabled by default. This entry shows a quick setup for the Tomcat manager using LDAP. The steps … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Unsolicited Notification

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Terry Gardner

LDAP is a request-response protocol with the exception of the unsolicited notification. The unsolicited notification is a transmission from the server to a connected LDAP client. LDAP clients should be prepared to handle the unsolicited notification because the notification is … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Authorization Identity and BIND

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Terry Gardner

To demonstrate the authorization identity at stages of the life of a connection to an LDAP-compliant server, the following code fragment: connects and does not authenticate authenticates successfully attempts to authenticate but fails transmits a bind request with empty DN … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Add an entry using LDIF and the UnboundID LDAP SDK

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Terry Gardner

Add Example (Java) See Also The following example uses the standard edition of the UnboundID LDAP SDK to add an entry using LDIF. The standard edition of the LDAP SDK is free and the source code is supplied. Using the … Continue reading →

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The ‘tag’ field in Sun Directory Server access logs

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Terry Gardner

From Neil Wilson: The tag field (in the Sun DSEE access log) holds a base 10 representation of the ASN.1 BER type of the protocol op of the LDAP request. Possible values are: Value Description 96 Bind request 97 Bind … Continue reading →

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