gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/python
# auth test
import ldap
import ldap.sasl
import sys

user = "uid=dmachi,ou=people,dc=dojotoolkit,dc=org"
pw = sys.argv[1]

print "trying: ", user, pw

try:
        con = ldap.initialize("ldap://localhost:389")
        x = con.simple_bind_s(user, pw)

        print x

except ldap.INVALID_CREDENTIALS, e:
        print "not authorized", e