Active Directory/Connect
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Ruby
Similar to Tcl, assume the AD server talks LDAP.
There are many Ruby LDAP packages ([1]) -- this solution uses Net::LDAP ("Pure Ruby LDAP Tools" on RubyForge, gem name "ruby-net-ldap")
<lang ruby>require 'rubygems' require 'net/ldap' ldap = Net::LDAP.new(:host => 'ldap.example.com', :base => 'o=companyname') ldap.authenticate('bind_dn', 'bind_pass')</lang>
Tcl
This does not use SSPI/Kerberos yet, so your AD would need to allow simple ldap access. <lang tcl>package require ldap set conn [ldap::connect $host $port] ldap::bind $conn $user $password</lang>
VBScript
Creating the normal connection to AD <lang vbscript>Set objConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Set objCmd = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") objConn.Provider = "ADsDSOObject" objConn.Open</lang>