public UserDTO doLdapAuthentication(UserDTO dto) throws Exception { log.info("INSIDE LDAP AUTHENTICATION 2"); UserDTO ldapDTO = null; String url = "ldap://172.18.20.0:10389"; Hashtable<String, String> env = new Hashtable<String, String>(); env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory"); env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, url); env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple"); env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "uid=admin,ou=system"); env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "secret"); try { ldapDTO = new UserDTO(); DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env); Attributes attrs = ctx.getAttributes("cn=" + dto.getUsername() + ",ou=users,ou=system"); Attribute userPassword = attrs.get("userPassword"); String ldapPasswordFromDB = new String((byte[]) userPassword.get()); String md5EncryptedPassword = encryptLdapPassword("md5", dto.getPassword()); if (md5EncryptedPassword.equalsIgnoreCase(ldapPasswordFromDB)) { ldapDTO.setEmployeeId((String) (attrs.get("employeeNumber").get())); ldapDTO.setEmployeeType((String) (attrs.get("employeeType").get())); ldapDTO.setUsername((String) (attrs.get("cn").get())); } ctx.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return ldapDTO; }