Re: Authenticating Users with their Windows Login

Feroze Md. Arif wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all, my apologies if this question has been asked earlier. I am in > a hurry and I haven't checked the archives (Actually, I am in the process of > doing it but am trying to cover all the bases). > > I know that PHP has functions which will allow Users to be authenticated off > a NIS Server or a LDAP server. Will it be possible to do something similar > in PHP with the User IDs and Passwords stored in a NT or Windows 2000 > server? I would appreciate it very much if anyone could point me to > resources that could help me or share some sample scripts :) :) > > Thanks in Advance, > > Feroze > =================== > Jar Jar Binks will be Jedi! I'm no expert but I think this depends on your web server. I know for sure that IIS can do http authenticates against NT/Windows 2000 accounts and although I know Microsoft used to make it difficult for third-party web servers in the old days, I would have thought it was possible nowadays. As far as Php is considered, the user/password show up in $PHP_AUTH_USER, $PHP_AUTH_PW or something similar. To force an authentication you send an http Authentication header e.g. Bottom line: Check with your web server news group/user list.