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You are probably going to need a commercial password sync product as most directory services don't expost passwords.<br />
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Microsoft has some software called MIIS (Microsoft Identity Integration Server). &nbsp;This software's purpose is to sync meta directories. &nbsp;It will sync the passwords for you,. &nbsp;See: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/miis2003/evaluation/overview/default.mspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/miis2003/evaluation/overview/default.mspx</a><br />
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If you are using a SUN LDAP server, they have a good tool that syncs passwords between AD and it's directory service.<br />
See: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.sun.com/software/products/directory_srvr_ee/identity_synch/index.xml" rel="ugc">http://www.sun.com/software/products/directory_srvr_ee/identity_synch/index.xml</a><br />
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You are probably going to need a commercial password sync product as most directory services don't expost passwords.

Microsoft has some software called MIIS (Microsoft Identity Integration Server).  This software's purpose is to sync meta directories.  It will sync the passwords for you,.  See: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/miis2003/evaluation/overview/default.mspx [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/miis2003/evaluation/overview/default.mspx]

If you are using a SUN LDAP server, they have a good tool that syncs passwords between AD and it's directory service.
See:  http://www.sun.com/software/products/directory_srvr_ee/identity_synch/index.xml [http://www.sun.com/software/products/directory_srvr_ee/identity_synch/index.xml]



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LDAP server that I am using is Tivoli Directory Server. &nbsp;Do you know if there is any product for that?
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LDAP server that I am using is Tivoli Directory Server.  Do you know if there is any product for that?

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Look at this:<br />
<a href="http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0390.html?Open" rel="ugc nofollow">http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0390.html?Open</a>
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Look at this:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0390.html?Open [http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0390.html?Open]

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It looks like the microsoft MIIS link I posted above will sync with IBM Directory Server
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It looks like the microsoft MIIS link I posted above will sync with IBM Directory Server

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My problem is that I have to synchronize users from Windows Active Directory to another LDAP server. &nbsp;I am writing a program for that. &nbsp;Active Directory does not expose its password field so I am unable to synchronize user passwords. &nbsp;Any suggestions or other approaches I should consider?<br />

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My problem is that I have to synchronize users from Windows Active Directory to another LDAP server.  I am writing a program for that.  Active Directory does not expose its password field so I am unable to synchronize user passwords.  Any suggestions or other approaches I should consider?


User Passwords from Windows Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).