LDAPConnection - Can only bind/authenticate administrators

[Kimberley Jones]

I have spent a lot of time trying to use the Simple.java provided on Sun's site to bind a user to Active Directory/LDAP. Unless the user is an administrator, I get error code 49->"Invalid Credentials."

My thought was that everyone should be able to bind/authenticate. I basically just want to check if they are a Windows user and then let them proceed into my system.

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide.

[Stefan Zoerner]

Kimberley,

can you provide information on
* your Active Directory Version (2000 vs 2003/ADAM)
* whether this example uses JNDI (I do not know it)
* the form of the user name, you use for authentication (DN, UPN, ...)

Have you tried to bind with this user with other tools, for instance with an ldapsearch or a UI client (not Microsoft)?

Greetings,
Stefan