Now I''m a ruby nooby so be gentle... I''ve gotten ActiveLDAP working from the command line, but buggered if I can work out how on earth to integrate an ActiveLDAP object with a bunch of ActiveRecord objects. This is going to be possible right? I''m just going to have to build the whole scaffold myself for these objects? Just thought I''d check whether it is actually possible. If I work it out, I''ll update the Wiki section.
Yes it is possible. We use this method to populate our intranet user database from our Exchange email server LDAP directory. We also authenticate users to the directory so that they have fewer username/password combinations to remember. We also grant rights to helpdesk functions from the M$ active directory. This gives us a single administration point. Let me know if you need more info. On 5/1/05, Nigel Kersten <nigel-5dP5F6P8ur84D5nJ+cqflA@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Now I''m a ruby nooby so be gentle... > > I''ve gotten ActiveLDAP working from the command line, but buggered if > I can work out how on earth to integrate an ActiveLDAP object with a > bunch of ActiveRecord objects. > > This is going to be possible right? I''m just going to have to build > the whole scaffold myself for these objects? > > Just thought I''d check whether it is actually possible. If I work it > out, I''ll update the Wiki section. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
According to Ira Burton:> Yes it is possible. We use this method to populate our intranet user > database from our Exchange email server LDAP directory. We also > authenticate users to the directory so that they have fewer > username/password combinations to remember. We also grant rights to > helpdesk functions from the M$ active directory. This gives us a > single administration point. Let me know if you need more info.I''m interested too. I''ve tried to use it but for many things, AL is just far too slow compared to ruby-ldap :( I''ve talked to the author and he has made progress there but it is still too slow. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto-0kjVc+YyuDZX+h8frlqCcVAUjnlXr6A1@public.gmane.org Darwin snuadh.freenix.org Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005
On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 08:17 -0600, Ira Burton wrote:> Yes it is possible. We use this method to populate our intranet user > database from our Exchange email server LDAP directory. We also > authenticate users to the directory so that they have fewer > username/password combinations to remember. We also grant rights to > helpdesk functions from the M$ active directory. This gives us a > single administration point. Let me know if you need more info.I''m very interested in this - I''ve been using ruby-ldap for a few days and would love to have an easier way to integrate with ActiveRecord objects.
On 5/4/05, David Blundell <david.blundell-7ie3GnOy+6yuWcBOZErdyg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 08:17 -0600, Ira Burton wrote: > > Yes it is possible. We use this method to populate our intranet user > > database from our Exchange email server LDAP directory. We also > > authenticate users to the directory so that they have fewer > > username/password combinations to remember. We also grant rights to > > helpdesk functions from the M$ active directory. This gives us a > > single administration point. Let me know if you need more info. > > I''m very interested in this - I''ve been using ruby-ldap for a few days > and would love to have an easier way to integrate with ActiveRecord > objects.So I''m hoping that I can speed up ActiveLDAP as well as make it ducktype with ActiveRecord in a more sane way in the coming months. I''m MORE than happy to accept patches, but my fear is that a rewrite will be needed to bring it to the level. in the meantime, I''ll see if I can get a satisfactory proof-of-concept going with rails. Thanks - and sorry for being a poor maintainer ;-) will