Yefei Li yfli
femmerling
/ authenticate.py
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June 18, 2024 10:59
I have to create user authentication using python-ldap. After googling around and trying out stuffs, this is the final code for you to use. Please remember to adjust the user_dn, and base_dn accordingly to the format used in your LDAP server.
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| # to be able to import ldap run pip install python-ldap | |
| import ldap | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| ldap_server="x.x.x.x" | |
| username = "someuser" | |
| password= "somepassword" | |
| # the following is the user_dn format provided by the ldap server | |
| user_dn = "uid="+username+",ou=someou,dc=somedc,dc=local" |
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| import ldap | |
| def check_credentials(username, password): | |
| """Verifies credentials for username and password. | |
| Returns None on success or a string describing the error on failure | |
| # Adapt to your needs | |
| """ | |
| LDAP_SERVER = 'ldap://xxx' | |
| # fully qualified AD user name | |
| LDAP_USERNAME = '%s@xxx.xx' % username |