LDAP VSB-TUO Python example

ldap_vsb.py

'''
LDAP example for VSB-TUO
You need python-ldap package: pip install python-ldap (tested on version 3.1.0)
'''

import getpass
import ldap
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    ldap.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS,0)
    ldap.protocol_version = 3

    ldap_server='ldaps://ldap.vsb.cz'
    username = input('username: ')
    password= getpass.getpass('password: ')

    # VSB specific user context
    trailing_context = username[-1]

    # the following is the user_dn format provided by the ldap server
    user_dn = 'cn=' + username
    # adjust this to your base dn for searching
    base_dn = 'ou=USERS,o=VSB'

    connect = ldap.initialize(ldap_server)
    search_filter = 'cn=' + username

    listing = connect.search_s(base_dn, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, user_dn, [])

    if len(listing) == 0:
        print('User not found')
    else:
        print(listing[0][0])

        #connect.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)
        try:
            #if authentication successful, get the full user data
            connect.simple_bind_s('cn={},ou={},ou=USERS,o=VSB'.format(username, trailing_context), password)
            result = connect.search_s(base_dn, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, search_filter)

            # return all user data results
            connect.unbind_s()
            print(result)
        except ldap.LDAPError as e:
            print(e)
            connect.unbind_s()
            print('authentication error')