--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Doug Chamberlin
<dougchamberlin@...> wrote:

>
> At 03:09 PM 3/5/2006, yuppski wrote:
> >OK, to be more specific I have users connecting to the database

via

> >a Delphi app. On that bases some have read/write access.
> >
> >So back to my orignal question, can Firebird be used on a "Active
> >Directory Controller" as part of MS Server 2003?
>
> Your question still is not clear. Are you asking if your Delphi

app can

> authenticate the current user and query the ADC for the rights

that user

> has with respect to a Firebird database? Or, are you asking if

access to

> the Firebird database can be granted automatically to a Windows

user,

> without separate login step to the Firebird database server, based

on the

> AD rights the user has?
>
> Anticipating one of those is your question, or something similar,

here is

> some relevant info:
> 1) Firebird can be installed on a Windows 2003 Server, even one

that is

> acting as an ADC.
> 2) Firebird has its own user authentication/Login exchange with

the client.

> 3) Your Delphi application can prompt the user for their Windows

AD

> credentials and authenticate them against the ADC.
> 4) Your Delphi app can then login to the Firebird server using a

hidden

> Firebird account, or using a Firebird account that parallels the

AD account

> using a password that is known to the app.
> 5) Someone may have adapted Firebird to access Active Directory

for

> authentication but I have not heard of it.
>
> I hope this helps!
>

Thanks for the reply. I'll pass on your remarks to my Network Admin
and I'll see what response I get.