PHP and LDAP servers

Post by **ProfHawking** » April 22nd, 2008, 22:36

I was wondering if anyone has some ideas how to get php to work with an LDAP server...
I've installed the ldap module, and with a bit of fiddling just about connected it to an exchange server, but it doesn't need to be exchange if its easier with something else. Anyway, it doesn't seem to be able to read any data and errors all over the place. Guides on the net seem rather scant on details.

I just need to be able to add & remove email addresses to the ldap server, thats it.
Anyone tried doing anything like that?

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » April 22nd, 2008, 22:40

can exchange serve LDAP?

i know it can read from AD or LDAP but never come across it that way round

EDIT

google says LDAP and exchange share some ports and can fight

a real LDAP server or AD might be more fruitful

something to bear in mind with AD, it won't give any information out until you 'bind' with a valid username and password

Post by **ProfHawking** » April 22nd, 2008, 22:44

Ah sorry yes i meant active directory, not exchange.

I have successfully got it to bind, but that is all

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » April 22nd, 2008, 22:47

can you get it working with another client?

( http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/ )

Post by **ProfHawking** » April 22nd, 2008, 22:58

appears not, i get a list error there when i tried. but narf i know so little about ldap that that app is rather confusing.

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » April 22nd, 2008, 23:12

hmmm

well, i've exhausted my LDAP expertise too, i'm afraid

i found wireshark/ethereal quite handy, it give you pretty good error messages

Post by **ProfHawking** » April 22nd, 2008, 23:46

okies, not to worry. cheers dude.
I'll have to keep trying

Fear · Post by **Fear** » April 23rd, 2008, 0:11

Does this example work?

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/ldap.examples.php

also, it might be worth checking the security log on the AD server, as it might want encryption or something?

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » April 23rd, 2008, 0:32

Afraid I can't help much either, I've used phpLDAPadmin: "LDAP browser to manage your LDAP server" - in the past with OpenLDAP , maybe check out the source code for phpLDAPadmin for inspiration (or just use it)

p.s. LDAP's a bitch with dn this and dc & cn that - then throw MS into the mix for AD support and well.... There's a reason I stay away from it as much as possible

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 23rd, 2008, 4:05

Got any jam?

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 23rd, 2008, 7:56

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Got any jam?

That was about to be my suggestion too, although I'm unsure as to how jam could be applied to software, and I'm not sure how you could discern where the eyes are either.

Post by **fabyak** » April 23rd, 2008, 8:42

You'd have to cover the whole thing just to be sure

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 23rd, 2008, 8:56

Well that's part of the problem - when it comes to software, what do you cover?

Post by **fabyak** » April 23rd, 2008, 9:03

On a less 5punk and jam related note, what is it that you're trying to connect from? Is it a CMS or something?

Post by **ProfHawking** » April 23rd, 2008, 23:48

its a web based management system i am writing to provide an interface to deal with some hardware spam filters.

Basically the spam firewalls need an ldap server to query, to ensure that email coming in only goes to genuine users.

My web app keeps an sql db of users details, sorts out payments etc and keeps a list of their registered domains & emails, which i want to push into (and pull from) an ldap server for the firewall to use.

i have found a vmware vmdk of openldap server & all its requirements.
Will try to get that up and running next, just to see if it is AD's quirkyness causing the issues.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » April 24th, 2008, 1:36

On a side note:

PHP is the devils language. Not to mention the function explaination library on php.net is extremely minimalistic.

/is doing a calender application for Uni which is using MySQL.

Thread derailment over, carry on.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » April 24th, 2008, 1:41

buzzmong wrote:PHP is the devils language.

It became the de facto linux web server standard, fuck knows why, I think it's weak compared to many others personally.

Post by **FatherJack** » April 24th, 2008, 4:48

Microsoft's implementation of LDAP is quirky at best, I'd start with a Unix LDAP server and Softerra's LDAP browser to check I had the parameters right, then progress from there.