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ActiveDirectory is an ldapjs client for authN (authentication) and authZ (authorization) for Microsoft Active Directory with range retrieval support for large Active Directory installations.
ActiveDirectory is an ldapjs client for authN (authentication) and authZ (authorization) for Microsoft Active Directory with range retrieval support for large Active Directory installations. This code was a port of an existing C# library (not published) that I had written a few years ago. Here are the key features
ActiveDirectory uses the following additional node modules:
npm install activedirectory
var ActiveDirectory = require('activedirectory');
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(url, baseDN, username, password);
Optionally the configuration can be specified with an object:
var ActiveDirectory = require('activedirectory');
var ad = new ActiveDirectory({ url: 'ldap://dc.domain.com',
baseDN: 'dc=domain,dc=com',
username: 'username@domain.com',
password: 'password' };);
The username and password specified in the configuration are what are used for user and group lookup operations.
Authenticates the username and password by doing a simple bind with the specified credentials.
Arguments
Example
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
var username = 'john.smith';
var password = 'password';
ad.authenticate(username, password, function(err, auth) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: '+JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (auth) {
console.log('Authenticated!');
}
else {
console.log('Authentication failed!');
}
});
Looks up or finds a username by their sAMAccountName, userPrincipalName, distinguishedName (dn) or custom filter. If found, the returned object contains all of the requested attributes. By default, the following attributes are returned:
Arguments
Example
// Any of the following username types can be searched on
var sAMAccountName = 'username';
var userPrincipalName = 'username@domain.com';
var dn = 'CN=Smith\\, John,OU=UUsers,DC=domain,DC=com';
// Find user by a sAMAccountName
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.findUser(sAMAccountName, function(err, user) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (! user) console.log('User: ' + sAMAccountName + ' not found.');
else console.log(JSON.stringify(user));
});
Looks up or find a group by common name (CN) which is required to be unique in Active Directory or optionally by the distinguished name. Supports groups with range retrieval specifiers. The following attributes are returned by default for the group:
Arguments
Example
// Any of the following group names can be searched on
var groupName = 'Employees';
var dn = 'CN=Employees,OU=Groups,DC=domain,DC=com'
// Find group by common name
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.findGroup(groupName, function(err, group) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (! user) console.log('Group: ' + groupName + ' not found.');
else {
console.log(group);
console.log('Members: ' + (group.member || []).length);
}
});
Checks to see if a user is a member of the specified group. This function will also check for group membership inside of a group. Even if a user is not explicity listed as a member of a particular group, if a group that the user is a member of belongs to the group, then this function will return true.
Arguments
Example
var username = 'user@domain.com';
var groupName = 'Employees';
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
var ad.isUserMemberOf(username, groupName, function(err, isMember) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
console.log(username + ' isMemberOf ' + groupName + ': ' + isMember);
});
Checks to see if the specified group exists.
Arguments
Example
var groupName = 'Employees';
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.groupExists(groupName, function(err, exists) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
console.log(groupName + ' exists: ' + exists);
});
Checks to see if the specified user exists.
Arguments
Example
var username = 'john.smith';
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.userExists(username, function(err, exists) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
console.log(username + ' exists: ' + exists);
});
For the specified group, retrieve all of the users that belong to the group. If the group contains groups, then the members of those groups are recursively retrieved as well to build a complete list of users that belong to the specified group.
Arguments
Example
var groupName = 'Employees';
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.getUsersForGroup(groupName, function(err, users) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (! users) console.log('Group: ' + groupName + ' not found.');
else {
console.log(JSON.stringify(users));
}
});
For the specified username, retrieve all of the groups that a user belongs to. If a retrieved group is a member of another group, then that group is recursively retrieved as well to build a complete hierarchy of groups that a user belongs to.
Arguments
Example
var sAMAccountName = 'john.smith';
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.getGroupMembershipForUser(sAMAccountName, function(err, groups) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (! groups) console.log('User: ' + sAMAccountName + ' not found.');
else console.log(JSON.stringify(groups));
});
For the specified group, retrieve all of the groups that the group is a member of. If a retrieved group is a member of another group, then that group is recursively retrieved as well to build a complete hierarchy of groups that a user belongs to.
Arguments
Example
var groupName = 'Employees';
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
ad.getGroupMembershipForGroup(groupName, function(err, groups) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' +JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (! groups) console.log('Group: ' + groupName + ' not found.');
else console.log(JSON.stringify(groups));
});
FAQs
ActiveDirectory is an ldapjs client for authN (authentication) and authZ (authorization) for Microsoft Active Directory with range retrieval support for large Active Directory installations.
We found that activedirectory demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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