[jira] Updated: (JS2-52) JAAS Authentication

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The following issue has been updated:

    Updater: Ate Douma (mailto:ate@douma.nu)
       Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 6:59 PM
    Comment:
Multi-file patch to enable JAAS Authentication working on Tomcat 4
    Changes:
             Attachment changed to JS2-52-patch.txt
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Here is an overview of the issue:
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        Key: JS2-52
    Summary: JAAS Authentication
       Type: New Feature

     Status: Unassigned
   Priority: Major

    Project: Jetspeed 2
 Components: 
             Security
   Versions:
             2.0-a1

   Assignee: 
   Reporter: Ate Douma

    Created: Sun, 23 May 2004 6:57 PM
    Updated: Sun, 23 May 2004 6:59 PM
Environment: WindowsXP, J2SE 1.4.2_03, Hsqldb, Oracle 9.2.0.1, Tomcat 4.1.29, Tomcat 5.0.24

Description:
I've succeeded in enabling the JAAS Authentication for J2 with the RdbmsLoginModule on Tomcat 4 (4.1.29 tested).
I will attach the patch file for this.

I only needed to fix one thing in the SecurityProviderImpl, define the JAASRealm in Jetspeed.xml and correct the realm reference in Jetspeed web.xml, and it worked!

I added a few user principals and their credentials to the default userinfo seeding sql script (both default and oracle scripts):
  admin/admin
  manager/manager
  user/user
  tomcat/tomcat
  jetspeed/jetspeed

I also added three role pricipals: admin, manager, user.
To the first three users I attached these roles:
  admin: admin, manager, user
  manager: manager, user
  user: user

These user/role definitions are the same as I described for testing the RoleSecurityTest portlet (see the help page of that portlet).

On Tomcat 4, we can now login using the RdbmsLoginModule and properly use the security object model.

So far the good news.

Now the bad and the ugly: it doesn't work on Tomcat 5!

It turns out Tomcat 5 uses its own classloader to load JAAS login modules and thus fails to find the RdbmsLoginModule.
Thats really bad because the security component jar cannot simply be put into the Tomcat common/lib or server/lib folder because it depends on other J2 classes also.
So we need another solution for Tomcat 5.

For the time being I prefer getting it working on Tomcat 4 and then finding a solution which works on both 4 and 5.

One note for MySql users: I've modified both the default and the oracle version of populate-userinfo-for-default-psml.sql. I have the feeling the default won't work with MySql. Someone running MySql might have to look into this.

Regards,

Ate


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