The JavaScript code to do this is as follows:
auth = new netscape.ldap.beans.LDAPSimpleAuth(); auth.setHost( document.input.host.value ); auth.setPort( parseInt(document.input.port.value) ); auth.setBase( document.input.base.value ); auth.setUserID( document.input.username.value ); auth.setAuthPassword( document.input.password.value ); result = auth.authenticate(); alert( "The response is: " + result );