Pass AD Credentials

[jedownsjr]

Our employees log into their computers from the network. Is is possible to pass their Active Directory (AD) credentials along to a 3rd-party application so they don't have to enter them manually on the login page? (Unfortunately SSO with AD is not an option for us.)

The 3rd party application needs the username and password as strings, such as ADusername="jdoe" ADpassword="mypass". I'm not very familar with .NET, but I can obtain the Domain\Username, but not the password. Will it be possible to pass this along to the 3rd party application (which just happens to be InfoView, or BOE XI R2 by Business Objects)?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[BoulderBum]

You want to use Windows Authentication for your application, then allow your server to be "Trusted For Delegation" in Active Directory.

See here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998351.aspx

That way, you're actually not passing information to the third-party app, you're allowing users to "be themselves" on the network.

MCP, MCTS - .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications