Authenticating against active directory using python + ldap

Question

How do I authenticate against AD using Python + LDAP. I\'m currently using the python-ldap library and all it is producing is tears.

I can\'t even bind to perform a

Answer 1

Here's some simple code that works for me.

import ldap  # run 'pip install python-ldap' to install ldap module.
conn = ldap.open("ldaphost.company.com")
conn.simple_bind_s("myuser@company.com", "mypassword")

This is based on a previous answer.

Answer 2

For me changing from simple_bind_s() to bind() did the trick.

Answer 3

That worked for me, l.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0) was the key to access the ActiveDirectory. Moreover, I think that you should add an "con.unbind()" in order to close the connection before finishing the script.

Answer 4

Based on the excellent ldap3 tutorial:

>>> from ldap3 import Server, Connection, ALL, NTLM
>>> server = Server('server_name_or_ip', get_info=ALL)
>>> conn = Connection(server, user="user_name", password="password", auto_bind=True)
>>> conn.extend.standard.who_am_i()
>>> server.info

I did the above in Python3 but it's supposed to be compatible with Python 2.

Answer 5

I tried to add

l.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)

but instead of an error Python just hangs and won't respond to anything any more. Maybe I'm building the search query wrong, what is the Base part of the search? I'm using the same as the DN for the simple bind (oh, and I had to do l.simple_bind, instead of l.simple_bind_s):

import ldap
local = ldap.initialize("ldap://127.0.0.1")
local.simple_bind("CN=staff,DC=mydomain,DC=com")
#my pc is not actually connected to this domain 
result_id = local.search("CN=staff,DC=mydomain,DC=com", ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "cn=foobar", None)
local.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)
result_type, result_data = local.result(result_id, 0)

I'm using AD LDS and the instance is registered for the current account.