Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!news.he.net!chekhov.conxion.net!inet-nntp1.oracle.com!not-for-mail Sender: rwessman@rwessman-pc.us.oracle.com Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: External Authentication Application and/or API References: From: Rick Wessman Message-ID: Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA Lines: 37 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Date: 12 Dec 2001 08:48:29 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 138.2.146.58 X-Trace: inet-nntp1.oracle.com 1008164778 138.2.146.58 (Wed, 12 Dec 2001 05:46:18 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 05:46:18 PST Xref: easynews comp.databases.oracle.server:127947 X-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:46:18 MST (news.easynews.com) There is no external authentication API that plugs into Oracle. However, you might be able to do what you want through the RADIUS authentication support provided by Oracle Advanced Security. RADIUS provides the ability to write plugins which do custom authentication. Rick hallkbrdz@cfl.rr.com (Bryan Hall) writes: > I am running Oracle 8.1.7 on Solaris and would like to bounce the > external authentication against a NT PDC. The code to do 99% of this > already exists as a module in Samba, all that needs to be added is the > Oracle interface. > > Has anyone done this, and if so where can I get the code? > > If not, can someone point me in the right direction as to the Oracle > interface that is required? I believe that you somehow tell Oracle to > use a certain program for extenal authentication, and that application > is ran, passed the username and supplied password, and then it returns > a 0 or 1. BUT... after a few hours of search on Google, I've turned > up nothing on the specification for this interface. Pointers? > > Thanks. I will post the completed code when finished, with complete > instructions, as I'm sure someone else has a need to do this. LDAP is > comming, but is still a year or two out (Air Force base). > > Bryan Hall -- Rick Wessman Security Assurance Group Oracle Corporation Rick.Wessman@oracle.com The opinions expressed above are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation.