Using Login as Data

[humboldtkid]

The clients are going to login through the LDAP name server. However, later I would like to use their login information, their login name, as data in a field. Is this possible to somehow pull this information into the filemaker database?

I'm going to explain this a little more just in case. I have a library database in which people can reserve items. I want the people to be able to click on a reserve button and the name that they used to login to the reservation page (which is authenticated through an LDAP server) to post directly to the reservation.

Is this possible?

Thank you,

Dustin Grella

[Vaughan]

What does Get( AccountName ) return under external authentication?

[Steven H. Blackwell]

OK, there is no capability in FileMaker Pro to log in through a LDAP server.

Using FileMaker Server, users can be authenticated by either Open Directory or Active Directory or local server accounts and groups.

When doing so, the Get(AccountName) function returns the user's actual Account name.

There is a tech brief on External Authentication that covers this process in great detail. I recommend a reading of that paper.

Steven