Oracle APEX 4.2 and LDAP based authorization scheme?
I was able to get LDAP authentication working normally to both an OID and an AD. However, I have yet to be able to get an authorization scheme to work properly. Now, I can hear your thoughts already. You have access to an OID, this is simple, use the APEX_LDAP.IS_MEMBER function and be done with it. Unfortunately, I can’t do that due to the way the OID is configured.
Here is my dilemma. All of the users log in to various systems here using a name format based on their first initial of their first name and the first seven characters of their last name. E.G… John Doe would use a login name of JDOE. Jane Doe would use JDOE02 and so on. Sounds simple enough right? Except that in our OID not all of the users use this same name for their DN and consequently their primary CN. Now, all users do have this name in the UID field of their OID entry, and that is how I