ldapUtility.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import ldap

from dm.common.exceptions.authenticationError import AuthenticationError
from dm.common.exceptions.communicationError import CommunicationError

class LdapUtility:

    def __init__(self, serverUrl, dnFormat):
        self.serverUrl = serverUrl
        self.dnFormat = dnFormat
         
    def checkCredentials(self, username, password):
        """Verifies credentials for username and password. """
        ldapUsername = self.dnFormat % username
        try:
            # build client
            ldap.set_option(ldap.OPT_X_TLS_REQUIRE_CERT, ldap.OPT_X_TLS_NEVER)
            ldapClient = ldap.initialize(self.serverUrl)
            ldapClient.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS,0)
            ldapClient.set_option(ldap.OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, ldap.VERSION3)

            #ldapClient.ststart_tls_s()
            #ldapClient.set_option(ldap.OPT_X_TLS,ldap.OPT_X_TLS_DEMAND)
            #ldapClient.set_option( ldap.OPT_X_TLS_DEMAND, True)
            #ldapClient.set_option( ldap.OPT_DEBUG_LEVEL, 255)

            # perform a synchronous bind
            ldapClient.simple_bind_s(ldapUsername, password)
            #ldapClient.whoami_s()
        except ldap.INVALID_CREDENTIALS, ex:
            ldapClient.unbind()
            raise AuthenticationError('Invalid LDAP credentials for user %s' % username)
        except ldap.SERVER_DOWN, ex:
            raise CommunicationError('Cannot reach LDAP server %s' % self.serverUrl)

#######################################################################
# Testing.

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ldapUtility = LdapUtility(serverUrl='ldaps://ldap.anl.gov:636', dnFormat='uid=%s,dc=anl,dc=gov')
    ldapUtility.checkCredentials('sveseli', 'sv')