Jackad

Active Directory connector gem

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem'jackad'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it alone with:

$ gem install jackad

Configure your AD connection with YAML file /usr/local/jackad/ldap.yml

:host: 'example.com':port: 389:base: 'dc=example,dc=com':attribute: 'sAMAccountName':method: 'simple':ssl: false:admin: false:admin_user: 'admin_username'# Only if admin set to true needed:admin_password: 'admin_password'# Only if admin set to true needed

Usage

Jackad gives you simple API to access your LDAP directory. All self methods return true or false

Jackad.credentials_valid?('username@example.com','user_ldap_password')# Check validity of username and passwordJackad.entry_exists?('username')# Check user existance by configured attributeJackad.entry_valid?('username')# Check user validity by configured attribute, useraccountcontrol flags and pwdlastset attribute

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request