Re: Ruby-net-ldap fail

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Ben Bleything <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Bruno Sousa<brgsousa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am using ruby-net-ldap to connect to a Active Directory server.
> > The problem is that it only works for users that are in "Users"
> > Organization unit.
> > (See attachment) ==> it can connect with joe user. But it fails to
> > connect with users from OU "terceiros" for example.
> >
> > why is that?
>
> Likely because the server wants a full DN and ruby-net-ldap is
> assuming ou=Users,dc=... behind the scenes.  Try to auth using the
> full DN, I'll bet it's going to work.
>
> > Is there a better gem for that?
>
> There is a better library, yes.  http://ruby-ldap.sourceforge.net/
>
> Ben
>
>
In my experience you need to provide account@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as the
username when connecting to AD.

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