Novell API's

Trying to integrate a VB app here with Novell NDS, I can get all the normal authentication done, but the second part of the trick is the problem...

Authenticating to NDS doesnt necessarily mean you have access to a particular application object. So therefore I am trying to read the ACL of the object to see if the user has permission to access it.

This appears to be done by a complex mix of API calls and buffers:

NWCallsIinit()
NWDSCreateContextHandle()
NWDSAllocBuf()
NWDSRead() <-- Where you actually read the object properties.
NWDSGetAttrCount()
NWGetAttrName()

and then a loop through the ACL's to use NWDSComputeAttrValSize() to allocate a memory buffer for each response and NWDSGetAttrVal to read the attribute values into that buffer.

This part is the problem. Once I try and read the values I just get either an Overflow in NWDSGetAttrVal() or an illegal operation or other weird stuff. What I never get is something that says "yes this user is allowed to run this application object".

Am I on the right track here?

Hi, you say you got the login bit working? I am trying to do some integration with NDS, but am coming up seriously short on documentation. Could I get a sample?

Sorry shunt, but i don't think he is going to reply any time soon. This is a very old thread if you weren't aware...

And the last time coreyp was on, was 1 minute after he started this thread :p

I suppose. Was hoping he had email messaging on...
And the hunt continues...

You could send him an email via his profile. Not sure if he still uses the same address but worth a try :)