From: Phillip Gawlowski <pg@...>
Date: 2010-01-14T05:39:25+09:00
Subject: Re: suggestions for using Rack-based Ruby apps on Windows?

On 13.01.2010 20:44, Nick Brown wrote:

> Alternatively, what is the best solution for authenticating to Windows
> domains from unix Rack servers? We have found that Apache+Samba does not
> play well with our domain, but we could potentially move the domain
> stuff to the webapp-level if that is indeed the best option.
>
> Thoughts? I am interested in hearing about any real-world experience on
> this topic.

http://code.google.com/p/rubycas-server/ (and rubycas-client, which 
allows Ruby apps to use the CAS protocol) can authenticate against AD, 
with an ActiveDirectory connector.

It's quite simple to use (at least, it looks that way), and can be 
extended, if need be.

I do not know if it is rack-able, but it can run on Windows as a pure 
Ruby app (you'd've to proxy connections through via ISS, in the worst case).

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Phillip Gawlowski