I have a JNDI-Connection to a LDAP server (Active Directory in this case). I also ctx.extendedOperation( new StartTlsRequest() ) to get a secure connection.
On this connection I need to validate credentials. I CAN login using
ctx.addToEnvironment( Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple" );
ctx.addToEnvironment( Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, principal );
ctx.addToEnvironment( Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, credentials );
However the "bindRequest" command is only issued over ldap upon the next action performed on the JNDI context. Yet there is nothing I want to do with it. I just need to check the credentials. Is there any way to enforce the "bindRequest"?
Otherwise, action should I use as my own NOP? A search for a non-existent object or should I query some attribute of some object that exists or ...? It needs to be fast, it should not create any work on the server side and it should use as few bandwidth as possible. (Because in fact that action should never be nessessary in the first place...)
Regards, Steffen
LdapContext.reconnect() performs an LDAP Bind.