"Mostro adelphia.net>" <mostro@<nospam> wrote in message
news:c8GdnXfMCq44jynfRVn-pA@adelphia.com...
> currently I have a Novell 6.5 box on my network being used as an FTP
> server. I would like to switch to IIS if MS has the ability to
> authenticate users against eDirectory.
>
> This is why the Novell FTP is needed: When a users tries connecting the
> the server they are prompted to enter a username and password which is
> checked against NDS. When the users is authenticated they then can
> traverse the FTP directory based on their NDS rights.
>
> This is the same idea behind Microsoft's FTP integration with Active
> Directory controlling access by assigning NTFS permissions based on
> Active Directory group membership.
>
> Does anyone know if IIS supports LDAP authentication to eDirectory or a
> way I can accomplish this. Yes, I have to authentication to eDirectory and
> adding local users is not an option because of the large user base.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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