DBMS_LDAP_UTL.authenticate_user()

I'm trying to the AUTHENTICATE_USER function to verify that an application user is who they say they are. I have the following:

  my_session := DBMS_LDAP.init(ldap_host,ldap_port);

• bind to the directory retval := DBMS_LDAP.simple_bind_s(my_session, ldap_user, ldap_passwd);
  • create subscriber_handle retval := DBMS_LDAP_UTL.create_subscriber_handle( subscriber_handle, DBMS_LDAP_UTL.TYPE_DN, 'uid=me_at_mydomain.com, ou=People, o=mydomain.com' );
  • create user_handle retval := DBMS_LDAP_UTL.create_user_handle( user_handle, DBMS_LDAP_UTL.TYPE_DN, 'uid=me_at_mydomain.com, ou=People, o=mydomain.com' );
  • set user_handle properties retval := DBMS_LDAP_UTL.set_user_handle_properties( user_handle, DBMS_LDAP_UTL.SUBSCRIBER_HANDLE, subscriber_handle );
  • check properties my_attrs(1) := 'cn';

  retval := DBMS_LDAP_UTL.get_user_properties( my_session, user_handle, my_attrs, DBMS_LDAP_UTL.ENTRY_PROPERTIES, my_pset_coll);

• authenticate user retval := DBMS_LDAP_UTL.authenticate_user( my_session, user_handle, DBMS_LDAP_UTL.AUTH_SIMPLE, 'mypwd', null );

This code works and I can verify each of the retval's as being successful until I get to authentitcate_user. At this point I'm getting the code: -16 (AUTH_FAILURE_EXCEPTION).

Since I am using my LDAP user as the example, I know that mypwd is correct. Any ideas what may be happening or what I need to change.

Thank you. Received on Mon Jun 06 2005 - 12:54:23 CDT