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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:30:58 +0100
From: "Martin Alderson" <Martin.Alderson@salfordsoftware.co.uk>
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Subject: [ApacheDS] Internal directory operations
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Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice on how to interact with an embedded ApacheDS =
server from a Quartz scheduled job.  This job will periodically add/modify =
an entry.

I had been using something like DirectoryService.getInstance().getConfigura=
tion().getPartitionNexus().modify(...) but I need this operation to go =
through the interceptor chain.

I think I need to get a JNDI context using (new InitialDirContext(env)) =
where env contains some credentials.  I guess I need the credentials of =
the admin user for this.  Is there any way for the server to know the =
operation is coming from the same process so it can automatically use the =
admin users credentials as stored in the directory?  If not how should I =
get the admin credentials?

Thinking about it, I guess this is tied in to having the admin user =
credentials specified in the configuration file which also seems bad to =
me.  Couldn't this be scrapped and have a way to authenticate as the admin =
user automatically from within the same process?

Thanks for any comments,

Martin