My team is working on a Web site...
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15 Nov 2000
Q.
My team is working on a Web site integrating management and security. All users will access this server via the Internet; no one will access this server from the inside. We want to secure some section of the Web server using Novell eDirectory (LDAP), not the Corporate Edition version. Our environment includes:
Windows NT 4 Server with Service Pack 5+
Internet Information Server (IIS) 4
ASP (Active Server Page)
ADSI 2.5 from Microsoft
Netscape 4+ and Internet Explorer 4+
We have several questions:
How can we establish the security between IIS 4.0 and eDirectory?
Is it possible to synchronize the Access Control List (ACL) from Microsoft with LDAP eDirectory?
Is it possible to use the Gateway/Client Services for NetWare from Microsoft with eDirectory to be able to make management possible from Novell ConsoleOne?
What about the migration from NT 4 to Windows 2000?
A.
As I understand it, you want to check your IIS users (names, passwords, privileges) against an existing NDS database. There are several possibilities for writing a scripting application that is capable to reach remote NDS database from IIS platform. For example, you can:
Use AX controls from Novell (may require NetWare client installed on IIS)
Use LDAP and LDAP libraries from Novell to write your own AX/DLL/ISAPI
Use C libraries for NDS to write your own AX/DLL/ISAPI (requires NetWare client installed)
Use Novell ADSI provider for NDS (requires NetWare client on IIS)
There are many possibilities; check http://developer.novell.com/ndk for technologies Novell offers to access the NDS database. (Answer provided by Rostislav Letos of Novell Developer Support)
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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