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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Jason Novotny <no...@aei.mpg.de> on 2003/12/15 15:34:01 UTC

creating/configuring my own Realm

    Hi,

    I hope this question isn't too stupid, but in all of my reading of 
configuring Realms, it looks like this process is done out of band, by 
hand. In other words someone needs to edit tomcat-users.xml or a JDBC 
database. What I would like to do is provide a web interface for admins 
to be able to add people to the tomcat-users.xml file or a database so 
that it can be done via the portal. Is there something I should be 
looking at, or how would I do this? Implement my own concrete Realm 
class with write methods??

    Thanks very much, Jason


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Re: creating/configuring my own Realm

Posted by Adam Hardy <ah...@cyberspaceroad.com>.
Jason,
check out this thread:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-user&m=107123762419428&w=2

Adam

On 12/15/2003 03:40 PM Tim Funk wrote:
> The Realm is intended as a readonly gateway for authentication and 
> authorization. Its not the job of the realm to update the datasource 
> with respect to authentication creddentials or permissions. If you use 
> JDBC, or LDAP, then any SQL or LDAP update tool can update the backing 
> data source with your own business rules.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> Jason Novotny wrote:
> 
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>>    I hope this question isn't too stupid, but in all of my reading of 
>> configuring Realms, it looks like this process is done out of band, by 
>> hand. In other words someone needs to edit tomcat-users.xml or a JDBC 
>> database. What I would like to do is provide a web interface for 
>> admins to be able to add people to the tomcat-users.xml file or a 
>> database so that it can be done via the portal. Is there something I 
>> should be looking at, or how would I do this? Implement my own 
>> concrete Realm class with write methods??
>>  
> 
> 
> 
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Re: creating/configuring my own Realm

Posted by Tim Funk <fu...@joedog.org>.
The Realm is intended as a readonly gateway for authentication and 
authorization. Its not the job of the realm to update the datasource with 
respect to authentication creddentials or permissions. If you use JDBC, or 
LDAP, then any SQL or LDAP update tool can update the backing data source 
with your own business rules.

-Tim

Jason Novotny wrote:

> 
>    Hi,
> 
>    I hope this question isn't too stupid, but in all of my reading of 
> configuring Realms, it looks like this process is done out of band, by 
> hand. In other words someone needs to edit tomcat-users.xml or a JDBC 
> database. What I would like to do is provide a web interface for admins 
> to be able to add people to the tomcat-users.xml file or a database so 
> that it can be done via the portal. Is there something I should be 
> looking at, or how would I do this? Implement my own concrete Realm 
> class with write methods??
>  


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