python script for ldap authentication

ldap_auth.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
import ldap
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    ldap_server='example.com'
    base_dn = 'ou=user,dc=example,dc=com'
    username = 'foo'
    password = 'bar'
    # the following is the user_dn format provided by the ldap server
    user_dn = 'uid=' + username + ',' + base_dn
    print user_dn
    # adjust this to your base dn for searching
    connect = ldap.open(ldap_server)
    search_filter = 'uid=foo'
    try:
        #if authentication successful, get the full user data
        connect.bind_s(user_dn,password)
        result = connect.search_s(base_dn,ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,search_filter)
        # return all user data results
        connect.unbind_s()
        print "Sucess:", result
    except ldap.LDAPError as e:
        connect.unbind_s()
        print 'authentication error' 
        print e