[jcifs] Obtaining username to/from NT SID

[Peter.Leschev at BTFinancialgroup.com]

	You should be able to obtain this information using JNDI LDAP querying NT's ActiveDirectory...	Is this an option for you in your environment?

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael B. Allen [mailto:miallen at eskimo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 6:41 AM
To: eglass1 at attbi.com
Cc: jcifs at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [jcifs] Obtaining username to/from NT SID


This needs DCE/RCP and LsarLookupSids or similar (p67 DCE/RPC over SMB)
which we just don't support. We have up to TransactNamedPipe functions
but it requires a PDU layer, some crypto, and a lot of patience. I just
cannot bring myself to start doing it. Don't hold your breath.

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:54:28 +0000
eglass1 at attbi.com wrote:

> I'm currently working on a project where I have the need 
> to match a user's NT SID to their username.  Previously, 
> I was using a native call to LookupAccountSid with the 
> SID to retrieve the username.  However, I was wondering 
> if it would be possible via jCIFS to either do this or 
> go the other way -- i.e., the user has authenticated via 
> NTLM, and I want to retrieve the SID (using perhaps the 
> NtlmPasswordAuthentication object?).  I essentially have 
> 2 sources (one with the SID and one with a username), 
> and I need to match them.  Anyone have any ideas?  
> Ideally, I would like to do this in pure Java (I can 
> already do it natively, but that ties me to a specific 
> platform).
> 
> Eric


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