FW user login to authenticate from windows active directory

[fraxzi]

Dear All,

It's been a while.. busy with FWH projects..

Anyone here who can authenticate/validate a logon from FW apps to Windows Active Directory?

Kind regards,
Frances

[Rick Lipkin]

Frances

Since Active directory creates a user profile for each user on any computer .. it is very easy to get the login userId ..

Rick Lipkin

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xLOGIN := substr(upper(WNetGetuser()+space(25)),1,25)   // fivewin
 

ps .. after re-reading your post .. are you trying to run your application from a desktop and authendicating to a database ? .. or clicking on just a shortcut to your program on a network share ?

Active directory or eDir from Novell work and authenticate just fine if you point your shortcut to a unc \\server\share\yourapp\app.exe .. you do not really need to login, if your userid has the proper credentials to your share .. a unc is all you need.

[nageswaragunupudi]

I personally design all our network software to authenticate users by their windows user name (wnetgetuser()) rather than maintaining separate login for the application.

[Carles]

Hi,

U can try this code to acces LDAP.

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#include 'fivewin.ch'
#include "ado.ch"
#include "xBrowse.ch"

#define MI_DOMINIO          'LDAP://ajtarragona.es'

#define ADS_SCOPE_BASE      0
#define ADS_SCOPE_ONELEVEL  1
#define ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE   2

STATIC oCon

*--------------
FUNCTION Main()
*--------------
    LOCAL aData

    IF ConectaLDAP()

       MsgRun( "Carregant dades del LDAP...", 'Sistema', ;
              {|o| aData := SelectUsers() } )

    ENDIF

RETU NIL

*---------------------
FUNCTION ConectaLDAP()
*---------------------
   LOCAL lOk    := .F.
   LOCAL oError

   TRY

     oCon          := TOleAuto():new("ADODB.Connection")

     oCon:Provider := 'ADsDSOObject'

     oCon:Open( "Active Directory Provider" )

     lOk           := .T.


    CATCH oError

      xBrowse( oError )

   END

RETU lOk

*----------------------------
STATIC FUNCTION SelectUsers()
*----------------------------
   LOCAL oRs, oProp, oError, o
   LOCAL nLen    := 0
   LOCAL cString := ''
   LOCAL cWhere  := ''
   LOCAL aData   := {}
   LOCAL aHead   := {}


   TRY

     oRs             := TOleAuto():new("ADODB.Command")

     oRs:ActiveConnection := oCon


     cString         := "SELECT "              + ;
                        " displayName,"        + ;
                        " distinguishedName,"  + ;
                        " mail,"               + ;
                        " telephoneNumber,"    + ;
                        " mobile,"             + ;
                        " department,"         + ;
                        " sAMAccountname"      + ;
                        ""                     + ;
                        " FROM '" + MI_DOMINIO + "'"

      cWhere         :=  " WHERE objectCategory   = 'person' AND" + ;
                         "       objectClass      = 'user'   AND" + ;
                         "     ( telephoneNumber  = '*'      OR " + ;
                         "       mobile           = '*' )       " + ;
                         " ORDER BY telephoneNumber"

*                         " ORDER BY displayName"


     oRs:CommandText := cString + cWhere

     oProp           := oRs:Properties( 'SearchScope' )
     oProp:value     := ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE

     oProp           := oRs:Properties( 'Page size' )
     oProp:value     := 2000

     o := oRs:Execute()

    CATCH oError

      xBrowse( oError )

   END

   nLen  := LoadData( o, @aData, @aHead )


   IF nLen > 0

      Table( aData, aHead, 'Total: ' + ltrim(str(nLen)) )

     ELSE

      Alert( 'No data !' )

   ENDIF


RETU aData


*------------------------------------
FUNCTION AdoError( oError, lMessage )
*------------------------------------
    LOCAL cError := .T.

    DEFAULT lMessage := .T.

    cError := "Descripción  "  + Chr( VK_TAB) + ": " + oError:Description              + CRLF + CRLF +  ;
              "Error Nativo  " + Chr( VK_TAB) + ": "  + Ltrim(Str(oError:NativeError)) + CRLF + ;
              "Número Error  " + Chr( VK_TAB) + ": "  + Ltrim(Str(oError:Number))      + CRLF + ;
              "Origen        " + Chr( VK_TAB) + ": "  + oError:Source                  + CRLF + ;
              "EszAdo SQL  "   + Chr( VK_TAB) + ": "  + oError:SQLState

    IF lMessage
       MsgStop( cError, 'Ado Connection' )
    ENDIF

RETU cError

*------------------------
FUNCTION ShowInfo( oCon )
*------------------------
    LOCAL cInfo      := ''

    cInfo += 'Version Ado       '  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:Version()            )) + CRLF
    cInfo += 'Provider          '  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:Provider()           )) + CRLF
    cInfo += 'Mode              '  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:Mode()               )) + CRLF
    cInfo += 'State             '  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:State()              )) + CRLF
    cInfo += 'CursorLocation    '  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:CursorLocation()     )) + CRLF
    cInfo += 'Connection TimeOut'  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:ConnectionTimeOut()  )) + CRLF
    cInfo += 'Command TimeOut   '  + Chr( VK_TAB ) + ': '  + Alltrim( cValToChar( oCon:CommandTimeOut()     )) + CRLF + CRLF
    cInfo += 'Connection String '  + CRLF
    cInfo += oCon:ConnectionString()

    MsgInfo( cInfo, 'Info Connection' )

RETU NIL

*---------------------------------------------------
FUNCTION Table( aValues, aHeaders, cTitle, lSelect )
*---------------------------------------------------
    LOCAL oDlg, oBrw, oFont
    LOCAL nI
    LOCAL nPos := 0

    DEFAULT aHeaders := {}
    DEFAULT cTitle   := 'Seleccione...'
    DEFAULT lSelect  := .T.

    IF ValType( aValues ) <> 'A'
       MsgAlert( aValues, 'Not table' )
       RETU 0
    ENDIF

    IF ValType( aHeaders ) == 'C'
       aHeaders := { aHeaders }
    ENDIF

    IF Len( avalues ) == 0
       MsgAlert( 'Table is empty !', 'LDAP Error' )
       RETU 0
    ENDIF

    DEFINE FONT oFont    NAME 'Courier New' SIZE NIL, -11

    DEFINE DIALOG oDlg TITLE cTitle FROM 0, 0 TO 20, 90
                  oDlg:lHelpIcon := .f.
                  oDlg:nStyle    := nOr( WS_THICKFRAME, WS_SYSMENU, WS_MINIMIZEBOX, WS_MAXIMIZEBOX )

       @ 0, 0 XBROWSE oBrw OF oDlg ARRAY aValues // AUTOSORT

            oBrw:SetArray( aValues )
            oBrw:SetColor( CLR_RED, CLR_WHITE )
            oBrw:SetFont( oFont )

            FOR nI := 1 TO Len( aHeaders )
                oBrw:aCols[nI]:cHeader := aHeaders[nI]
            NEXT

            IF Len( oBrw:aCols ) == 1

            ENDIF

            oBrw:blDblClick := {|| ( nPos := oBrw:nArrayAt, ;
                                     IF( lSelect, oDlg:End(),;
                                                  Table( aValues[nPos],,str(nPos), .F.);
                                       );
                                   )}
            oBrw:bKeyChar   := {|nKey| IF( nKey == VK_RETURN, Eval( oBrw:blDblClick ), )}

            oBrw:CreateFromCode()

            oDlg:oClient = oBrw

    ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED ;
             ON INIT ( SetupBar( oDlg )  ,;
                       XecValues( oDlg, oBrw, aValues )  ,;
                       oDlg:Resize() )

RETU nPos

*-------------------------------
STATIC FUNCTION SetupBar( oDlg )
*-------------------------------
    LOCAL oBar, oHand

    DEFINE CURSOR oHand HAND

    DEFINE BUTTONBAR oBar TOP _3D SIZE 23,23 OF oDlg
    DEFINE BUTTON  OF oBar       NOBORDER NAME '16Exit' ACTION oDlg:End()

    AEval( oBar:aControls,  {|x| x:oCursor := oHand } )

RETU NIL


*-----------------------------------------------
STATIC FUNCTION XecValues( oDlg, oBrw, aValues )
*-----------------------------------------------
    LOCAL nMax := 0


    IF Len( oBrw:aCols ) > 1
       RETU NIL
    ENDIF

    AEval( aValues, {|x| nMax := Max( nMax,;
           if( valtype(x) =='C', oDlg:GetWidth(Upper(x), oBrw:oFont), 0 ) ) } )

    nMax := IF( nMax > oBrw:nWidth, oBrw:nWidth, nMax )

    oBrw:aCols[1]:nWidth := nMax + 50

    oBrw:Refresh(.t.)

RETU NIL


*--------------------------------------------
STATIC FUNCTION LoadData( oRs, aData, aHead )
*--------------------------------------------
   LOCAL nLen    := 0
   LOCAL nFields := oRs:Fields:Count
   LOCAL nI
   LOCAL aReg

   aData := {}
   aHead := {}


   for nI := 0 TO nFields - 1
     Aadd( aHead, oRs:Fields(nI):name )
   next

   nLen := oRs:RecordCount()

   IF nLen > 0

      oRs:movefirst()

      WHILE !oRs:Eof()

          aReg := {}

          FOR nI := 1 TO Len(aHead)
              Aadd( aReg, oRs:Fields( aHead[nI] ):value )
          NEXT

          Aadd( aData, aReg )

          oRs:MoveNext()

      END

   ENDIF

RETU nLen
 

[fraxzi]

Dear All,

Sorry just got back from vacation.

Thanks for your reply..


What i am trying to do is to validate user login from FW app to authenticated domain user..

How to know if the user's login from FW app is valid domain user..

example:

user: FWUser
password: *****

validate FWUser and password to domain and return if the user/password is correct.. sort of.

Kind regards.

[fraxzi]

I personally design all our network software to authenticate users by their windows user name (wnetgetuser()) rather than maintaining separate login for the application.

Dear Rao,

what if the FW user login is different from logged windows user.. How do you validate FW from domain user?

Kind regards.

[fraxzi]

Hi,

U can try this code to acces LDAP.

Dear Carles,

Thanks for the code.. I will try it to retrieve LDAP users from domain.

But what I am trying to do is to validate FW user login as valid domain user.. which authenticates FW user/password to domain or from LDAP..

Kind regards.

[Rick Lipkin]

Frances

Dear Rao,

what if the FW user login is different from logged windows user.. How do you validate FW from domain user?

Kind regards.

When any person logs into a Domain from any pc .. that persons profile is automatically created on that pc and synchronized to AD. WNetGetUser() will always returned the logged in user.

Rick Lipkin

[nageswaragunupudi]

Frances

I do not maintain separate list of users and passwords.
Domain user name is the application's user name. Since passwords are handled by the Domain, FW app does not need to worry about password maintenance. Any user remembers his domain password only and need not remember different passwords for different applications. In large organisations, employees feel more confident using domain passwords, because nobody (even system administrators) can read their passwords and they are confident that nobody can misuse their passwords.

Applcation decides user rights based on JobRoles assigned to a user but not on the basis of username. Application maintains a database mapping usernames to Locations and JobRoles. UserAdminstration interface allows administrators to assign jobroles and modify when the users are transferred or anybody leaves.

[Baxajaun]

Dear Mr. Rao,

could you post a small sample ?

Thanks in advance !!!

Best regards,

[hebert_j_vargas]

Dear All,

It's been a while.. busy with FWH projects..

Anyone here who can authenticate/validate a logon from FW apps to Windows Active Directory?

Kind regards,
Frances

Hi Fraxi, I found this VB script, transtale to Visual Basic on EXCEL, and tested Worked Fine.

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Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
        If Authenticated(TextBox1.Value, TextBox2.Value) Then
           MsgBox "Usuario Validado"
        Else
           MsgBox "Usuario / Contraseña Invalidos"
        End If
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
        Application.Quit
End Sub
Function Authenticated(strUserID As String, strPassword As String, Optional strDNSDomain As String = "") As Boolean
         If strDNSDomain = "" Then
            Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
            strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
         End If

         'Authenticate
         Set dso = GetObject("LDAP:")
         On Error Resume Next
         Err.Clear
         Set ou = dso.OpenDSObject("LDAP://" & strDNSDomain, strUserID, strPassword, 1)
         Authenticated = (Err.Number = 0)
End Function

Then Translate to Xharbourd FW

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#include 'fivewin.ch'
#include "ado.ch"
#include "xBrowse.ch"

PROC Main()
      LOCAL cUser := SPACE(20)
      LOCAL cPssw := SPACE(20)
      If MsgGet( "Autenticación de usuarios", "Nombre de Usuario:", @cUser)
         If MsgGet( "Autenticación de usuarios", "Contraseña:", @cPssw)
            If Authenticated( alltrim(cUser), alltrim(cPssw) )
               MsgInfo("Usuario Correcto")
            Else
               MsgStop("Usuario Incorrecto")
            Endif
         Endif
      Endif
RETURN

Function Authenticated(cUserID, cPassword, cDNSDomain)
         local oRootDSE, oDSO, oU, lError
     
         default cDNSDomain := "DC=pdvsa,DC=com"
         TRY
            oRootDSE := GetActiveObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
         CATCH
            oRootDSE := CreateObject("LDAP:",cUserID,cPassword)
         END

         If empty( cDNSDomain )
            cDNSDomain := oRootDSE:Get( "defaultNamingContext" )
         EndIf
       
        TRY
           oDSO := GetActiveObject( "LDAP:" )
           oU := oDSO:OpenDSObject( "LDAP://" +  cDNSDomain, cUserID, cPassword, 1 ) //ADS Fast Bind
           lError := .f.
        CATCH
           lError := .t.
        END
RETURN (!lError)

This, doens't worked, GetActiveObject allways returned NIL.

I hope it's help to find your answer, I can't find any solution.

[hebert_j_vargas]

I Forgot to mention, to test Vb script on excel, you need to create an userform name "userform1", then add 2 control textbox controls (textbox1 = username, textbox2 = password), then two commadbuttom and assign CommandButton1_Click(), CommandButtom2_Click(). the last thing to do is assign the next procedure to worksheet1.

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Private Sub Workbook_Open()
        UserForm1.Show
End Sub

That's all.

Please let me know if you succeed.

[fraxzi]

Thanks Hebert.

Thank you for this update. If I have time I will try this.. somehow I abandoned the idea

[Baxajaun]

Hi Herbert,

here in line 29:

oRootDSE := CreateObject("LDAP://",cUserID,cPassword)

Error description: Error TOleAuto/-1 CO_E_CLASSSTRING: TOLEAUTO:NEW
Args:
[ 1] = C LDAP://
[ 2] = U
[ 3] = C FPGRANDE

Thanks in advance.

Regards

[hebert_j_vargas]

Thanks Hebert.

Thank you for this update. If I have time I will try this.. somehow I abandoned the idea

It's a shame , I think this procedure is a good idea.