Tomcat Realm

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twiggy182 - 23 Jul 2007 14:23 GMT

Hi,

is it possible to implement authentication in Tomcat using an LDAP
server for passwords and using a JDBC connection for roles?

I have read-only access to an LDAP server that contains user
passwords, but I want specific access for differents section of my
site.

Do you have any idea that could help me?

Thanks

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Manish Pandit - 23 Jul 2007 17:56 GMT

> Hi,
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> Thanks

Yes, it is. You need to extend JAASRealm and implement the
authenticate( ) method. You can then have a custom implementation to
return a GenericPrincipal with the user name and role(s). This realm
needs to be configured in server.xml - look up
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/realm-howto.html for more
information on doing that.

-cheers,
Manish

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