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Exactly! So what would be the benefit of using a scripting language for code that is inherently resistant to change? This code wouldn't be contributing to many compile-package-deploy cycles, would...

But if, as Colin says, the "heavy lifting is done by lower layers", would you be needing to change controllers that often anyway, particularly if the controller is only dealing with some kind of...

Rod,

Can you elaborate on why you describe writing controllers in a scripting language as "an emerging best practice"?

I'm intrigued to know the thinking behind this statement.

Regards,
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Looking at the DAO in the sandbox, it's pretty similar to what I have, with the exception of the recursion into nested groups. As Daniel says, this is not hard to implement.

Some...

No, it's a non-DAO provider. DAO didn't seem appropriate for LDAP as you would most commonly use a 'bind' to authenticate rather than retrieving the password.

It supports the following:...

Hi,

I have written an LDAP Authentication Provider. If anyone is interested I can see if my employer would let me contribute it.

Regards,

Stephen Baishya