querying edirectory from a remote webserver

Hello,

I've spent some time looking at documentation and I haven't found an
answer to this question:

I've got a debian box running apache. Can I query an edirectory
server from the debian box?

I've seen some notes about running apache and mod_edir together on a
netware server, but I'd like to set up a situation where users can
login to a remote website and login using their netware credentials.

If it's not obvious I'm also fairly new to this, so any pointers are
more than welcome.

Thanks a lot,

Eric White

ewhite@ssc.wisc.edu (Eric White) wrote in message news:<7caa77d1.0407220945.315be78@posting.google.c om>...
> I've spent some time looking at documentation and I haven't found an
> answer to this question:
>
> I've got a debian box running apache. Can I query an edirectory
> server from the debian box?

First, install mod_ldap if it's not already there. Second, here's a
snippet from my httpd.conf that I use to accomplish what you're
asking:

<Directory "/PATH/HERE/htdocs/loginhere">
Order allow,deny
allow from all
AuthType Basic
AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases never
AuthName "Wisconsin Web Site"
AuthLDAPAuthoritative on
AuthLDAPURL ldap://LDAP_IP_ADDR_HERE:389/o=XXX
require valid-user
</Directory>

We actually use Novell's eDirectory too, however, Apache doesn't care
what flavor it is; as long as the standard LDAP calls will work.