RE: [PHP] ldap_search() question

WORKED! You've got it. I had to use the "$attr = "userPassword";" attribute in my case. Thank you very much, Kelly! Ricky -----Original Message----- From: Kelly Hallman [mailto:khallman@ultrafancy.com] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 12:08 PM To: Schechter, Ricky Cc: 'php-general@lists.php.net' Subject: Re: [PHP] ldap_search() question On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Schechter, Ricky wrote: > Do I use ldap_search to authenticate users in LDAP? I can successfully > search the LDAP and retrieve user's data based on a search criteria like > (cn=something). If I use (password=somepass) or (userPassword=somepass) > in the search criteria it comes back with no hits. How should this be > done? Do I have to encrypt the password somehow? You probably need to use ldap_compare() to verify the password. Most LDAP servers won't send back the password field contents. Hope that helps! -- Kelly Hallman // Ultrafancy