ActiveDirectory Class
Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors
The ActiveDirectory class can be used to authenticate users against Active Directory using Kerberos 5.0.
Syntax
ActiveDirectory
Remarks
The ActiveDirectory class authenticates users against Active Directory. Authentication is performed using the Kerberos protocol defined in RFC 1510 and RFC 4120.
Authentication
When Authenticate is called the class will attempt to authenticate the user with the Active Directory server. The class will communicate with the ADHost to obtain a service ticket and populate AuthToken. The following properties are required when calling this method:
A typical sequence of messages would be:
- KRB_AS_REQ -> KDC
- KRB_AS_REP <- KDC
- KRB_TGS_REQ -> KDC
- KRB_TGS_REP <- KDC
- AuthToken is populated with the constructed KRB_AP_REP message.
Communication with the ADHost can be seen through the PITrail event.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
ADHost | The domain name or IP address of the Active Directory server. |
ADPort | The port for the Active Directory server. |
AuthMechanism | The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the Active Directory server. |
AuthToken | The authentication token. |
Password | The user's password. |
SPN | The Service Principal Name (SPN). |
Timeout | A timeout for the class. |
User | The name and domain of the user to authenticate. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Authenticate | Authenticates the user. |
ChangePassword | Changes the password for the specified user. |
Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
Interrupt | Interrupt the current method. |
ListComputers | Lists all computers in the directory. |
ListGroupMembers | List all members of a group. |
ListGroups | List all groups in the directory. |
ListUserGroups | Lists all groups a user is a part of. |
Reset | Resets the class properties to their default values. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
ComputerList | Fired for each computer entry returned. |
Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
GroupList | Fired for each group entry returned. |
Log | Fires once for each log message. |
PITrail | Traces the messages sent to the server, and the respective replies. |
UserList | Fired once for each user entry returned. |
Config Settings
The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
CredentialsCacheFile | The credentials cache file. |
EncodeAuthToken | Whether to Base64 encode the AuthToken. |
EncryptionTypes | The encryption types used during authentication. |
LogKerberosPackets | Whether to include the raw Kerberos packets in PITrail output. |
LogLevel | The level of detail that is logged. |
UsePlatformKerberosAPI | Whether to use the platform Kerberos API. |
UseTCP | Whether TCP is used when establishing the connection. |
ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the class whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
KeepAliveRetryCount | The number of keep-alive packets to be sent before the remotehost is considered disconnected. |
KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The port in the local host where the class binds. |
MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
BuildInfo | Information about the product's build. |
CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |
LicenseInfo | Information about the current license. |
MaskSensitive | Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages. |
ProcessIdleEvents | Whether the class uses its internal event loop to process events when the main thread is idle. |
SelectWaitMillis | The length of time in milliseconds the class will wait when DoEvents is called if there are no events to process. |
UseFIPSCompliantAPI | Tells the class whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs. |
UseInternalSecurityAPI | Tells the class whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |
ADHost Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The domain name or IP address of the Active Directory server.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) char* GetADHost();
int SetADHost(const char* lpszADHost); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetADHost();
INT SetADHost(LPCWSTR lpszADHost);
char* ipworksauth_activedirectory_getadhost(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_setadhost(void* lpObj, const char* lpszADHost);
QString GetADHost();
int SetADHost(QString qsADHost);
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property specifies the IP address (IP number in dotted internet format) or Domain Name of the Active Directory server.
If this property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated and upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
Data Type
String
ADPort Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The port for the Active Directory server.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int GetADPort();
int SetADPort(int iADPort); Unicode (Windows) INT GetADPort();
INT SetADPort(INT iADPort);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_getadport(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_setadport(void* lpObj, int iADPort);
int GetADPort();
int SetADPort(int iADPort);
Default Value
88
Remarks
This property specifies the port for the Active Directory server. The default value is 88.
Data Type
Integer
AuthMechanism Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the Active Directory server.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int GetAuthMechanism();
int SetAuthMechanism(int iAuthMechanism); Unicode (Windows) INT GetAuthMechanism();
INT SetAuthMechanism(INT iAuthMechanism);
Possible Values
AAM_SIMPLE(0),
AAM_DIGEST_MD5(1),
AAM_NEGOTIATE(2),
AAM_KERBEROS(6)
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_getauthmechanism(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_setauthmechanism(void* lpObj, int iAuthMechanism);
int GetAuthMechanism();
int SetAuthMechanism(int iAuthMechanism);
Default Value
6
Remarks
This property specifies the authentication mechanism used. Possible values are:
0 (aamSimple) | Plaintext authentication |
1 (aamDigestMD5) | DIGEST-MD5 authentication |
2 (aamNegotiate) | NTLM/Negotiate authentication |
6 (aamKerbers - default) | Kerberos authentication |
Data Type
Integer
AuthToken Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The authentication token.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int GetAuthToken(char* &lpAuthToken, int &lenAuthToken); Unicode (Windows) INT GetAuthToken(LPSTR &lpAuthToken, INT &lenAuthToken);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_getauthtoken(void* lpObj, char** lpAuthToken, int* lenAuthToken);
QByteArray GetAuthToken();
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property holds the authentication token.
This property will be populated after calling Authenticate. This may be used in by another entity to authenticate to the service. For instance this may be used in HTTP to authenticate to a web service.
The content of this property is a KRB_AP_REQ message. This is sometimes referred to as an "Authentication Header". It is comprised of the service ticket that was obtained from the TGS and an encrypted authenticator.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Binary String
Password Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The user's password.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) char* GetPassword();
int SetPassword(const char* lpszPassword); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetPassword();
INT SetPassword(LPCWSTR lpszPassword);
char* ipworksauth_activedirectory_getpassword(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_setpassword(void* lpObj, const char* lpszPassword);
QString GetPassword();
int SetPassword(QString qsPassword);
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property specifies the user's password. This must be set before calling Authenticate.
Data Type
String
SPN Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The Service Principal Name (SPN).
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) char* GetSPN();
int SetSPN(const char* lpszSPN); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetSPN();
INT SetSPN(LPCWSTR lpszSPN);
char* ipworksauth_activedirectory_getspn(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_setspn(void* lpObj, const char* lpszSPN);
QString GetSPN();
int SetSPN(QString qsSPN);
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property specifies the Service Principal Name (SPN). This must be set before calling Authenticate.
Data Type
String
Timeout Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
A timeout for the class.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int GetTimeout();
int SetTimeout(int iTimeout); Unicode (Windows) INT GetTimeout();
INT SetTimeout(INT iTimeout);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_gettimeout(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_settimeout(void* lpObj, int iTimeout);
int GetTimeout();
int SetTimeout(int iTimeout);
Default Value
60
Remarks
If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations will run uninterrupted until successful completion or an error condition is encountered.
If Timeout is set to a positive value, the class will wait for the operation to complete before returning control.
The class will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not "freeze" and remains responsive.
If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the class fails with an error.
Please note that by default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, i.e. the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.
The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.
Data Type
Integer
User Property (ActiveDirectory Class)
The name and domain of the user to authenticate.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) char* GetUser();
int SetUser(const char* lpszUser); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetUser();
INT SetUser(LPCWSTR lpszUser);
char* ipworksauth_activedirectory_getuser(void* lpObj);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_setuser(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUser);
QString GetUser();
int SetUser(QString qsUser);
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property specifies the name and realm/domain of the user. The value specified must be in one of the following formats:
- user@domain
- domain/user
Data Type
String
Authenticate Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Authenticates the user.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int Authenticate(); Unicode (Windows) INT Authenticate();
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_authenticate(void* lpObj);
int Authenticate();
Remarks
This method authenticates the User.
Authentication
When Authenticate is called the class will attempt to authenticate the user with the Active Directory server. The class will communicate with the ADHost to obtain a service ticket and populate AuthToken. The following properties are required when calling this method:
A typical sequence of messages would be:
- KRB_AS_REQ -> KDC
- KRB_AS_REP <- KDC
- KRB_TGS_REQ -> KDC
- KRB_TGS_REP <- KDC
- AuthToken is populated with the constructed KRB_AP_REP message.
Communication with the ADHost can be seen through the PITrail event.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
ChangePassword Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Changes the password for the specified user.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int ChangePassword(const char* lpszuser, const char* lpszoldPassword, const char* lpsznewPassword); Unicode (Windows) INT ChangePassword(LPCWSTR lpszuser, LPCWSTR lpszoldPassword, LPCWSTR lpsznewPassword);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_changepassword(void* lpObj, const char* lpszuser, const char* lpszoldPassword, const char* lpsznewPassword);
int ChangePassword(const QString& qsuser, const QString& qsoldPassword, const QString& qsnewPassword);
Remarks
This method changes the password for the specified user.
The User parameter is the name of the user for which the password will be changed. OldPassword specifies the current paswsword and NewPassword specifies the new password.
Note: This operation can only be performed over the SSL Port. Set ADPort to the SSL port of the server (typically 636) before calling this method.
Note: If the user is an administrator the old password is not required.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
Config Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) char* Config(const char* lpszConfigurationString); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR Config(LPCWSTR lpszConfigurationString);
char* ipworksauth_activedirectory_config(void* lpObj, const char* lpszConfigurationString);
QString Config(const QString& qsConfigurationString);
Remarks
Config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the class.
These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.
To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).
To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.
DoEvents Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Processes events from the internal message queue.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int DoEvents(); Unicode (Windows) INT DoEvents();
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_doevents(void* lpObj);
int DoEvents();
Remarks
When DoEvents is called, the class processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
Interrupt Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Interrupt the current method.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int Interrupt(); Unicode (Windows) INT Interrupt();
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_interrupt(void* lpObj);
int Interrupt();
Remarks
If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
ListComputers Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Lists all computers in the directory.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int ListComputers(); Unicode (Windows) INT ListComputers();
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_listcomputers(void* lpObj);
int ListComputers();
Remarks
This method lists all computers in the directory. The ComputerList event will be fired once for each computer returned.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
ListGroupMembers Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
List all members of a group.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int ListGroupMembers(const char* lpszgroup); Unicode (Windows) INT ListGroupMembers(LPCWSTR lpszgroup);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_listgroupmembers(void* lpObj, const char* lpszgroup);
int ListGroupMembers(const QString& qsgroup);
Remarks
This method lists all members of the specified group. The UserList event will be fired once for each member returned.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
ListGroups Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
List all groups in the directory.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int ListGroups(); Unicode (Windows) INT ListGroups();
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_listgroups(void* lpObj);
int ListGroups();
Remarks
This method lists all groups in the directory. The GroupList event will be fired once for each group returned.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
ListUserGroups Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Lists all groups a user is a part of.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int ListUserGroups(const char* lpszuser); Unicode (Windows) INT ListUserGroups(LPCWSTR lpszuser);
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_listusergroups(void* lpObj, const char* lpszuser);
int ListUserGroups(const QString& qsuser);
Remarks
This method lists all groups that the user specified by user is a part of. The GroupList event will fire once for each group the user is a part of.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
Reset Method (ActiveDirectory Class)
Resets the class properties to their default values.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) int Reset(); Unicode (Windows) INT Reset();
int ipworksauth_activedirectory_reset(void* lpObj);
int Reset();
Remarks
This method resets the properties to their default values.
Error Handling (C++)
This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)
ComputerList Event (ActiveDirectory Class)
Fired for each computer entry returned.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) virtual int FireComputerList(ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *name;
const char *operatingSystem;
const char *lastLogon;
int logonCount;
const char *dn; int reserved; } ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireComputerList(ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR name;
LPCWSTR operatingSystem;
LPCWSTR lastLogon;
INT logonCount;
LPCWSTR dn; INT reserved; } ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams;
#define EID_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_COMPUTERLIST 1 virtual INT IPWORKSAUTH_CALL FireComputerList(LPSTR &lpszname, LPSTR &lpszoperatingSystem, LPSTR &lpszlastLogon, INT &ilogonCount, LPSTR &lpszdn);
class ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams { public: const QString &name(); const QString &operatingSystem(); const QString &lastLogon(); int logonCount(); const QString &dn(); int EventRetVal(); void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal); };
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void ComputerList(ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass ActiveDirectory and override this emitter function. virtual int FireComputerList(ActiveDirectoryComputerListEventParams *e) {...}
Remarks
This event is fired once for each computer returned when the ListComputers method is called.
Error Event (ActiveDirectory Class)
Information about errors during data delivery.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) virtual int FireError(ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int ErrorCode;
const char *Description; int reserved; } ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireError(ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT ErrorCode;
LPCWSTR Description; INT reserved; } ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams;
#define EID_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_ERROR 2 virtual INT IPWORKSAUTH_CALL FireError(INT &iErrorCode, LPSTR &lpszDescription);
class ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams { public: int ErrorCode(); const QString &Description(); int EventRetVal(); void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal); };
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Error(ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass ActiveDirectory and override this emitter function. virtual int FireError(ActiveDirectoryErrorEventParams *e) {...}
Remarks
The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the class fails with an error.
The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.
GroupList Event (ActiveDirectory Class)
Fired for each group entry returned.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) virtual int FireGroupList(ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *name;
const char *description;
const char *dn; int reserved; } ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireGroupList(ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR name;
LPCWSTR description;
LPCWSTR dn; INT reserved; } ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams;
#define EID_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_GROUPLIST 3 virtual INT IPWORKSAUTH_CALL FireGroupList(LPSTR &lpszname, LPSTR &lpszdescription, LPSTR &lpszdn);
class ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams { public: const QString &name(); const QString &description(); const QString &dn(); int EventRetVal(); void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal); };
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void GroupList(ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass ActiveDirectory and override this emitter function. virtual int FireGroupList(ActiveDirectoryGroupListEventParams *e) {...}
Remarks
This event is fired once for each group entry returned when either of the ListGroups or ListUserGroups methods are called.
Log Event (ActiveDirectory Class)
Fires once for each log message.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) virtual int FireLog(ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int LogLevel;
const char *Message;
const char *LogType; int reserved; } ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireLog(ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT LogLevel;
LPCWSTR Message;
LPCWSTR LogType; INT reserved; } ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams;
#define EID_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_LOG 4 virtual INT IPWORKSAUTH_CALL FireLog(INT &iLogLevel, LPSTR &lpszMessage, LPSTR &lpszLogType);
class ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams { public: int LogLevel(); const QString &Message(); const QString &LogType(); int EventRetVal(); void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal); };
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Log(ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass ActiveDirectory and override this emitter function. virtual int FireLog(ActiveDirectoryLogEventParams *e) {...}
Remarks
This event fires once for each log message generated by the class. The verbosity is controlled by the LogLevel setting.
LogLevel indicates the level of the Message. Possible values are:
0 (None) | No events are logged. |
1 (Info - default) | Informational events are logged. |
2 (Verbose) | Detailed data are logged. |
3 (Debug) | Debug data are logged. |
The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.
The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.
The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).
LogType identifies the type of log entry. Possible values are:
- Info
- Verbose
- Debug
PITrail Event (ActiveDirectory Class)
Traces the messages sent to the server, and the respective replies.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) virtual int FirePITrail(ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int Direction;
const char *Message; int reserved; } ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FirePITrail(ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT Direction;
LPCWSTR Message; INT reserved; } ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams;
#define EID_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_PITRAIL 5 virtual INT IPWORKSAUTH_CALL FirePITrail(INT &iDirection, LPSTR &lpszMessage);
class ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams { public: int Direction(); const QString &Message(); int EventRetVal(); void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal); };
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void PITrail(ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass ActiveDirectory and override this emitter function. virtual int FirePITrail(ActiveDirectoryPITrailEventParams *e) {...}
Remarks
The PITrail event is useful for debugging purposes. It shows all the interaction between the client and the server. To include the raw packets set LogKerberosPackets to True.
The Message parameter contains the full text of the message. The Direction parameter shows the originator of the message:
0 (Client) | The Message originates from the client. |
1 (Server) | The Message originates from the server. |
2 (Info) | The Message is an informative message originating from the client software (the class code). |
UserList Event (ActiveDirectory Class)
Fired once for each user entry returned.
Syntax
ANSI (Cross Platform) virtual int FireUserList(ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *name;
const char *description;
const char *lastLogon;
const char *memberOf;
const char *dn; int reserved; } ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireUserList(ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR name;
LPCWSTR description;
LPCWSTR lastLogon;
LPCWSTR memberOf;
LPCWSTR dn; INT reserved; } ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams;
#define EID_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_USERLIST 6 virtual INT IPWORKSAUTH_CALL FireUserList(LPSTR &lpszname, LPSTR &lpszdescription, LPSTR &lpszlastLogon, LPSTR &lpszmemberOf, LPSTR &lpszdn);
class ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams { public: const QString &name(); const QString &description(); const QString &lastLogon(); const QString &memberOf(); const QString &dn(); int EventRetVal(); void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal); };
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void UserList(ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass ActiveDirectory and override this emitter function. virtual int FireUserList(ActiveDirectoryUserListEventParams *e) {...}
Remarks
This event is fired once for each user entry returned when the ListGroupMembers method is called.
Config Settings (ActiveDirectory Class)
The class accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.ActiveDirectory Config Settings
- rc4-hmac
- des-cbc-md5
- aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96
0 (None) | No events are logged. |
1 (Info - default) | Informational events are logged. |
2 (Verbose) | Detailed data are logged. |
3 (Debug) | Debug data are logged. |
The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.
The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.
The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).
Note: This functionality is only available on Windows.
TCPClient Config Settings
If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
Note: This setting is provided for use by classs that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This setting is provided for use by classs that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by classs that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
0 | No firewall (default setting). |
1 | Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80. |
2 | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
3 | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
10 | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
Note: This setting is provided for use by classs that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This setting is provided for use by classs that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This value is not applicable in macOS.
Note: This configuration setting is only available in the Unix platform. It is not supported in masOS or FreeBSD.
In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.
In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.
The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the class returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).
Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.
In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the class initiate connections (or accept in the case of server classs) only through that interface.
If the class is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.
LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.
This; setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.
If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.
If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.
The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.
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Note: This value is not applicable in Java.
By default, this config is set to false.
0 | IPv4 Only |
1 | IPv6 Only |
2 | IPv6 with IPv4 fallback |
Socket Config Settings
Note: This option is not valid for UDP ports.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the class is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the class is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
Base Config Settings
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:
Identifier | Name |
037 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada |
437 | OEM - United States |
500 | IBM EBCDIC - International |
708 | Arabic - ASMO 708 |
709 | Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4 |
710 | Arabic - Transparent Arabic |
720 | Arabic - Transparent ASMO |
737 | OEM - Greek (formerly 437G) |
775 | OEM - Baltic |
850 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I |
852 | OEM - Latin II |
855 | OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian) |
857 | OEM - Turkish |
858 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol |
860 | OEM - Portuguese |
861 | OEM - Icelandic |
862 | OEM - Hebrew |
863 | OEM - Canadian-French |
864 | OEM - Arabic |
865 | OEM - Nordic |
866 | OEM - Russian |
869 | OEM - Modern Greek |
870 | IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2) |
874 | ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15) |
875 | IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek |
932 | ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS |
936 | ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore) |
949 | ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code) |
950 | ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC) |
1026 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5) |
1047 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System |
1140 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol) |
1141 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol) |
1142 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol) |
1143 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol) |
1144 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol) |
1145 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol) |
1146 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol) |
1147 | IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol) |
1148 | IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol) |
1149 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol) |
1200 | Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646) |
1201 | Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian |
1250 | ANSI - Central European |
1251 | ANSI - Cyrillic |
1252 | ANSI - Latin I |
1253 | ANSI - Greek |
1254 | ANSI - Turkish |
1255 | ANSI - Hebrew |
1256 | ANSI - Arabic |
1257 | ANSI - Baltic |
1258 | ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese |
1361 | Korean (Johab) |
10000 | MAC - Roman |
10001 | MAC - Japanese |
10002 | MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5) |
10003 | MAC - Korean |
10004 | MAC - Arabic |
10005 | MAC - Hebrew |
10006 | MAC - Greek I |
10007 | MAC - Cyrillic |
10008 | MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312) |
10010 | MAC - Romania |
10017 | MAC - Ukraine |
10021 | MAC - Thai |
10029 | MAC - Latin II |
10079 | MAC - Icelandic |
10081 | MAC - Turkish |
10082 | MAC - Croatia |
12000 | Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian |
12001 | Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian |
20000 | CNS - Taiwan |
20001 | TCA - Taiwan |
20002 | Eten - Taiwan |
20003 | IBM5550 - Taiwan |
20004 | TeleText - Taiwan |
20005 | Wang - Taiwan |
20105 | IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit) |
20106 | IA5 German (7-bit) |
20107 | IA5 Swedish (7-bit) |
20108 | IA5 Norwegian (7-bit) |
20127 | US-ASCII (7-bit) |
20261 | T.61 |
20269 | ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent |
20273 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany |
20277 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway |
20278 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden |
20280 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy |
20284 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain |
20285 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom |
20290 | IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended |
20297 | IBM EBCDIC - France |
20420 | IBM EBCDIC - Arabic |
20423 | IBM EBCDIC - Greek |
20424 | IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew |
20833 | IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended |
20838 | IBM EBCDIC - Thai |
20866 | Russian - KOI8-R |
20871 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic |
20880 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian) |
20905 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish |
20924 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol) |
20932 | JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990 |
20936 | Simplified Chinese (GB2312) |
21025 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian) |
21027 | Extended Alpha Lowercase |
21866 | Ukrainian (KOI8-U) |
28591 | ISO 8859-1 Latin I |
28592 | ISO 8859-2 Central Europe |
28593 | ISO 8859-3 Latin 3 |
28594 | ISO 8859-4 Baltic |
28595 | ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic |
28596 | ISO 8859-6 Arabic |
28597 | ISO 8859-7 Greek |
28598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
28599 | ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 |
28605 | ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 |
29001 | Europa 3 |
38598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
50220 | ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana |
50221 | ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana |
50222 | ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989 |
50225 | ISO 2022 Korean |
50227 | ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese |
50229 | ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese |
50930 | Japanese (Katakana) Extended |
50931 | US/Canada and Japanese |
50933 | Korean Extended and Korean |
50935 | Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese |
50936 | Simplified Chinese |
50937 | US/Canada and Traditional Chinese |
50939 | Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese |
51932 | EUC - Japanese |
51936 | EUC - Simplified Chinese |
51949 | EUC - Korean |
51950 | EUC - Traditional Chinese |
52936 | HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese |
54936 | Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte) |
57002 | ISCII Devanagari |
57003 | ISCII Bengali |
57004 | ISCII Tamil |
57005 | ISCII Telugu |
57006 | ISCII Assamese |
57007 | ISCII Oriya |
57008 | ISCII Kannada |
57009 | ISCII Malayalam |
57010 | ISCII Gujarati |
57011 | ISCII Punjabi |
65000 | Unicode UTF-7 |
65001 | Unicode UTF-8 |
Identifier | Name |
1 | ASCII |
2 | NEXTSTEP |
3 | JapaneseEUC |
4 | UTF8 |
5 | ISOLatin1 |
6 | Symbol |
7 | NonLossyASCII |
8 | ShiftJIS |
9 | ISOLatin2 |
10 | Unicode |
11 | WindowsCP1251 |
12 | WindowsCP1252 |
13 | WindowsCP1253 |
14 | WindowsCP1254 |
15 | WindowsCP1250 |
21 | ISO2022JP |
30 | MacOSRoman |
10 | UTF16String |
0x90000100 | UTF16BigEndian |
0x94000100 | UTF16LittleEndian |
0x8c000100 | UTF32String |
0x98000100 | UTF32BigEndian |
0x9c000100 | UTF32LittleEndian |
65536 | Proprietary |
- Product: The product the license is for.
- Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
- License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
- License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
- Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.
This setting only works on these classes: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.
FIPS mode can be enabled by setting the UseFIPSCompliantAPI configuration setting to true. This is a static setting which applies to all instances of all classes of the toolkit within the process. It is recommended to enable or disable this setting once before the component has been used to establish a connection. Enabling FIPS while an instance of the component is active and connected may result in unexpected behavior.
For more details please see the FIPS 140-2 Compliance article.
Note: This setting is only applicable on Windows.
Note: Enabling FIPS-compliance requires a special license; please contact sales@nsoftware.com for details.
Setting this configuration setting to true tells the class to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.
On Windows, this setting is set to false by default. On Linux/macOS, this setting is set to true by default.
To use the system security libraries for Linux, OpenSSL support must be enabled. For more information on how to enable OpenSSL, please refer to the OpenSSL Notes section.
Trappable Errors (ActiveDirectory Class)
Error Handling (C++)
Call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain the last called method's result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. Known error codes are listed below. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.
AD Errors
950 Busy performing other action. | |
951 Invalid username. | |
952 Received error message. The error message contains the description. | |
953 Message integrity check error. | |
954 Unsupported encryption type. |
UDP Errors
104 UDP is already Active. | |
106 You cannot change the LocalPort while the class is Active. | |
107 You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress. | |
109 The class must be Active for this operation. | |
112 Cannot change MaxPacketSize while the class is Active. | |
113 Cannot change ShareLocalPort option while the class is Active. | |
114 Cannot change RemoteHost when UseConnection is set and the class Active. | |
115 Cannot change RemotePort when UseConnection is set and the class is Active. | |
116 RemotePort can't be zero when UseConnection is set. Please specify a valid service port number. | |
117 Cannot change UseConnection while the class is Active. | |
118 Message can't be longer than MaxPacketSize. | |
119 Message too short. | |
434 Unable to convert string to selected CodePage |
TCP/IP Errors
10004 [10004] Interrupted system call. | |
10009 [10009] Bad file number. | |
10013 [10013] Access denied. | |
10014 [10014] Bad address. | |
10022 [10022] Invalid argument. | |
10024 [10024] Too many open files. | |
10035 [10035] Operation would block. | |
10036 [10036] Operation now in progress. | |
10037 [10037] Operation already in progress. | |
10038 [10038] Socket operation on non-socket. | |
10039 [10039] Destination address required. | |
10040 [10040] Message too long. | |
10041 [10041] Protocol wrong type for socket. | |
10042 [10042] Bad protocol option. | |
10043 [10043] Protocol not supported. | |
10044 [10044] Socket type not supported. | |
10045 [10045] Operation not supported on socket. | |
10046 [10046] Protocol family not supported. | |
10047 [10047] Address family not supported by protocol family. | |
10048 [10048] Address already in use. | |
10049 [10049] Can't assign requested address. | |
10050 [10050] Network is down. | |
10051 [10051] Network is unreachable. | |
10052 [10052] Net dropped connection or reset. | |
10053 [10053] Software caused connection abort. | |
10054 [10054] Connection reset by peer. | |
10055 [10055] No buffer space available. | |
10056 [10056] Socket is already connected. | |
10057 [10057] Socket is not connected. | |
10058 [10058] Can't send after socket shutdown. | |
10059 [10059] Too many references, can't splice. | |
10060 [10060] Connection timed out. | |
10061 [10061] Connection refused. | |
10062 [10062] Too many levels of symbolic links. | |
10063 [10063] File name too long. | |
10064 [10064] Host is down. | |
10065 [10065] No route to host. | |
10066 [10066] Directory not empty | |
10067 [10067] Too many processes. | |
10068 [10068] Too many users. | |
10069 [10069] Disc Quota Exceeded. | |
10070 [10070] Stale NFS file handle. | |
10071 [10071] Too many levels of remote in path. | |
10091 [10091] Network subsystem is unavailable. | |
10092 [10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range. | |
10093 [10093] Winsock not loaded yet. | |
11001 [11001] Host not found. | |
11002 [11002] Non-authoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup). | |
11003 [11003] Non-recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP. | |
11004 [11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup). |