Adsi Asp Programmer's Reference - Softcover

Hahn, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186100169X ISBN 13: 9781861001696

Publisher: Apress, 1998

Synopsis

All distributed applications need to know where resources are to be able to use them. Active Directory is the mechanism for tracking resources (components, applications, users etc.) wherever they are on distributed networks. This is a book for experienced systems developers and programmers who would like to use HTTP (the protocol of the Internet) to deliver sophisticated system level solutions using light-weight client browsers. Described in the book are applications, with code samples, that use Active Directory to manage users and user-groups, system services, file services, and the print queue. Although Active Directory can be used to access and manage different systems (NT 4.0, NT 5.0 (beta), NDS, LDAP Compliant, etc.) all of the code in this book will be using the NT 4.0 Server as a target system

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Review

Though it may not sound exciting at first glance, the Microsoft Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) can let programmers automate the administration of remote resources such as users, files, and printers across the entire corporate intranet. Steven Hahn's ADSI ASP Programmer's Reference provides a short, handy guide to getting started with this very important enterprise technology.

Early sections introduce ADSI, which allows programmers access to a variety of directory services, including Windows NT 4/5 (Windows NT 5 is now known as Windows 2000), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Netware 3.x/4.x, and Domain Naming System (DNS). (In theory, with a single Windows NT box and IIS, an organization could administer resources remotely on any of these diverse platforms.) Early sample programs look at getting to domain information. Then it's on to querying users, changing passwords, and then managing groups and security. In one sample, the author provides a Web-based, remote user manager to demonstrate the use of the ADSI User object (which gives access to no less than 47 different user properties). Though all samples use VBScript and Active Server Pages (ASPs) for Web-based administration, ADSI objects will also work with C++ and Java.

Later sections look at the remote administration of services and files and provide background material on the LDAP, which is the foundation of ADSI (and the Active Directory in Windows NT 5). Several concise appendices on ADSI objects and error codes round out this efficiently presented guide, which is sure to be valuable to any Windows system programmer considering Web-based administration. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher

This book is designed for experienced system developers and programmers using HTTP technology to deliver and receive data using browser clients.. The code concepts can, of course be transferred to other languages (Java, C++, Visual Basic (r)). There will be an assumed knowledge of several technologies, including HTML, HTTP, programming languages. Basic ADSI & LDAP terms will be explained up-front, with an appendix describing the terms and concepts in glossary format.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 186100169X
• ISBN 13: 9781861001696
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290