joe_pool_is
Contributor
Some of our apps need passwords to access parts that should only be available to management.
We could develop our own and require management to remember yet another password that we would have to take care of resetting whenever they forget, lock themselves out, or whatever...
But, what if we could tap into the Windows Login? Can that be done?
Here's what I'm thinking:
Call a login box (ours or Windows') and have them enter their username and password. If the username/password combination matches, we activate features if they are in management.
I don't really need to know how the Windows Login works - I would just like to call it and get the results.
Can that be done? If so, how? If not, what is another solution (besides reinventing the wheel)?
We could develop our own and require management to remember yet another password that we would have to take care of resetting whenever they forget, lock themselves out, or whatever...
But, what if we could tap into the Windows Login? Can that be done?
Here's what I'm thinking:
Call a login box (ours or Windows') and have them enter their username and password. If the username/password combination matches, we activate features if they are in management.
I don't really need to know how the Windows Login works - I would just like to call it and get the results.
Can that be done? If so, how? If not, what is another solution (besides reinventing the wheel)?