How can I get properties from my ldap server?

Question

urgent,I don't know
how to use the getproperties to get the properties
from ldap server,anyone help?

Answer 1

Hi Kevin,
You could write a portlet that uses the <um:getProfile> and
<um:getProperty> tag (
http://edocs.bea.com/wlp/docs40/p13ndev/jsptags.htm#1058056 )
Or you can do an easier test that requires no coding: If you use the EBCC
to create metadata about your ldap property set, then you can use the JSP
portal admin tool to see your LDAP properties for a user. I think if you go
through the UUP example on dev2dev.bea.com it has instructions for doing
this with a UUP. Basically, create a property set (a.k.a. "user profile")
named "ldap" in the EBCC and create properties that match the ones you want
to retrieve ("telephoneNumber", etc...CASE SENSITIVE). Then access the JSP
portal admin tool. If you are not using the LDAPRealm as your alternate
security realm then create a user that you know exists in LDAP and then hit
the link for the user and search the "ldap" property set and you will see
their property values. If you are using the LDAPRealm for authentication,
then this is not a ManageableRealm so you cannot create users (they are
managed in your LDAP server). So, if you are using the LDAP realm, just
create the "ldap" property set in the EBCC and go to the user mgmt tools in
the JSP admin tools and you will see your user. Then search the "ldap"
property set for your user and you will see the property values.
Ture Hoefner
BEA Systems, Inc.
www.bea.com
"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hello,
We're trying to retrieve an arbitrary profile and it's attributes from
a Novell NDS ldap server. I've configured the ldapprofile.jar as
described in the portal doc:
http://edocs.bea.com/wlp/docs40/p13ndev/users.htm#1131824
but the article doesn't go on to describe how to use the configuration
to actually access the properties.
I'm unsure as to how to use the com.bea.p13n.usermgmt.profile.ldap
package to retrieve the information I need.
Is there some step by step instructions to achieve this as well as
some sample code to run in a jsp to test this functionality?
Thanks for any help.
Kevin
Ture Hoefner <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Eric,
The LdapPropertyManager handles that for you. All you have to do is
deploy it. (I'm talking about Portal 4.0). See the docs at "Accessing
Properties from an LDAP Server" (
http://edocs.bea.com/wlp/docs40/p13ndev/users.htm#1131824 )
You will need to deploy the LDAPPropertyManager EJB, located in
ldapprofile.jar. It is shipped with the product in
<wlportal4.0-install-dir>/lib/p13n/ejb/ldapprofile.jar.
Eric Nie wrote:
urgent,I don't know
how to use the getproperties to get the properties
from ldap server,anyone help?--
Ture Hoefner
BEA Systems, Inc.
2590 Pearl St.
Suite 110
Boulder, CO 80302
www.bea.com