User Mapping

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if I can use User Mapping to help overcome the following problem:

I've developed a jsp & dynpage component that interfaces with LDAP(edirectory) to display information about the current logged on user e.g. time until the password expires etc.

To get this information from the edirectory api, I have to supply the administrator password. I don't want to hard code this password. Is there anyway I can access it using the UM api?

The portal admin is also an admin on the LDAP server if this helps.

Thanks,

Rash