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[Loris Bennett <>]

Hi Gary,

Authentication is done via META-INF/context.xml:

        <Context path="/grouper" 
                 docBase="grouper" 
                 debug="0" 
                 privileged="false"
                 reloadable="false" 
                 swallowOutput="true">
          <Realm  className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm"
                  debug="99"
                  connectionURL="ldaps://host1.dept.fu-berlin.de:1234"
                  alternateURL="ldaps://host2.dept.fu-berlin.de:1234"
                  userPattern="uid={0},ou=dept,o=fu-berlin,c=de"
                  roleBase="ou=grouper,o=fu-berlin,c=de"
                  roleSubtree="true"
                  roleSearch="(uniquemember={0})"
                  roleName="cn"
                  connectionName="cn=manager,o=fu-berlin,c=de"
                  connectionPassword="xxx"/>
        </Context>

Cheers,

Loris


On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 13:02 +0000, GW Brown, Information Systems and
Computing wrote:
> Hi Loris,
> 
> How is the LDAP authentication achieved?
> 
> Gary
> 
> --On 19 March 2009 13:53 +0100 Loris Bennett 
> <>
>  
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > I am not using Apache - just Tomcat on its own.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Loris
> > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 11:24 +0000, GW Brown, Information Systems and
> > Computing wrote:
> >> Hi Loris,
> >>
> >> Have you got Apache in front of Tomcat - and is it doing the
> >> authentication? If so does it blanket protect grouper-dev? Otherwise are
> >> you using a servlet filter?
> >>
> >> If you are using Apache can you isolate and post the relevant section of
> >> the access log?
> >>
> >> In the web.xml there is a security constraint:
> >> <security-constraint>
> >>     <web-resource-collection>
> >>       <web-resource-name>Tomcat login</web-resource-name>
> >>       <url-pattern>/login.do</url-pattern>
> >>     </web-resource-collection>
> >>     <auth-constraint>
> >>        <!-- NOTE:  This role is not present in the default users file -->
> >>        <role-name>grouper_user</role-name>
> >>     </auth-constraint>
> >>   </security-constraint>
> >>
> >> Which may not be necessary if the authentication is through Apache.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Gary
> >>
> >> --On 19 March 2009 11:34 +0100 Loris Bennett
> >> <>
> >>   wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi Gary,
> >> >
> >> > My webapp is actually "grouper-dev" - "grouper" just comes from me
> >> > having tweaked the logfile in a half-baked manner.
> >> >
> >> > I am authenticating against an LDAP server.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > Loris
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 09:07 +0000, GW Brown, Information Systems and
> >> > Computing wrote:
> >> >> Hi Loris,
> >> >>
> >> >> Looking at the log I see:
> >> >>
> >> >>   Caught '403' for /grouper-dev/login.do
> >> >>
> >> >> but the urls you gave /grouper/login.do. Is there actually a
> >> >> difference? If  so doing a clean build may help.
> >> >>
> >> >> What authentication are you using?
> >> >>
> >> >> Gary
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --On 19 March 2009 09:37 +0100 Loris Bennett
> >> >> <>
> >> >>   wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Most, but not all, users get error 403 on logging into grouper. The
> >> >> > URL displayed is
> >> >> >
> >> >> >         https://host.fu-berlin.de:1234/grouper/login.do
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If they then delete the "login.do" bit of the URL, they get
> >> >> > redirected to
> >> >> >
> >> >> >         https://host.fu-berlin.de:1234/grouper/home.do
> >> >> >
> >> >> > and everything is fine. A log extract for the login is attached.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Cheers
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Loris
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
> >> >> > Freie Universität Berlin
> >> >> > ZEDAT - Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung / Computer Center
> >> >> > Compute & Media Service
> >> >> > Fabeckstr. 32, Room 221
> >> >> > D-14195 Berlin
> >> >> > Tel ++49 30 838 51024
> >> >> > Fax ++49 30 838 56721
> >> >> > Email 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Web www.zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----------------------
> >> >> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing
> >> >> 
> >> > --
> >> > Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
> >> > Freie Universität Berlin
> >> > ZEDAT - Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung / Computer Center
> >> > Compute & Media Service
> >> > Fabeckstr. 32, Room 221
> >> > D-14195 Berlin
> >> > Tel ++49 30 838 51024
> >> > Fax ++49 30 838 56721
> >> > Email 
> >> > 
> >> > Web www.zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------
> >> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing
> >> 
> > --
> > Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
> > Freie Universität Berlin
> > ZEDAT - Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung / Computer Center
> > Compute & Media Service
> > Fabeckstr. 32, Room 221
> > D-14195 Berlin
> > Tel ++49 30 838 51024
> > Fax ++49 30 838 56721
> > Email 
> > 
> > Web www.zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------
> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing
> 
-- 
Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
Freie Universität Berlin
ZEDAT - Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung / Computer Center
Compute & Media Service
Fabeckstr. 32, Room 221
D-14195 Berlin
Tel ++49 30 838 51024
Fax ++49 30 838 56721
Email 

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