Setting up Active Directory

Overview

A how-to and sample code for setting up Active Directory as your default FarCry user directory.

Instructions

Download the attached ZIP and extract the two files to your machine.

First step: edit the _dmSecUserDirectories.cfm and add your domains NetBIOS name to the temp.domain variable. e.g.

temp.type = "ADSI"; 
temp.domain = "ourdomain"; //NOTE: NetBIOS name not FQDN

Save and copy the altered _dmSecUSerDirectories.cfm into your sites config directory. e.g. /wwwroot/farcry_oursite/config

Refresh your app after copying in _dmSecUserDirectories.cfm ("www.oursite.com/?updateapp=1")

Second step: login (as farcry admin) to farcry >> security >> policy...
In the "map policy group" the drop-down "Map groups from:" should show CLIENTID and AD, choose AD and wait... our AD has over 240 groups so this normally takes 25-30 seconds easy before the "External group to map from:" drop-down is populated with our AD groups.

The login.cfm in the zip is just a variation of farcry_core login.cfm.
After the app returns a userid and password as correct my login page checks that the user has a profile in Farcry and if not will create one using email, name and department details from AD. Take out or add whatever you wish from your own AD.