LdapLoginModule - seeking much needed assistance
For whatever reason (and there could be a number of them), After creating an instance of LdapLoginModule and calling method login(), I am getting a NullPointerException. I am not sure what I did wrong but here is a list of the files that I set up.
login-config.xml
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE policy PUBLIC
"-//JBoss//DTD JBOSS Security Config 3.0//EN"
"http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/security_config.dtd">
<application-policy name="SunOneDirectory">
<login-module flag="required" code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapLoginModule">
<module-option name="java.naming.factory.initial">com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.provider.url">ldap://localhost:389/o=aebtest6.ca</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.security.authentiaction">simple</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.security.principal">ou=People,o=aebtest6.ca</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.security.credentials">secret</module-option>
<module-option name="principalDNPrefix">uid=</module-option>
<module-option name="principalDNSuffix">,ou=People,o=aebtest6.ca</module-option>
<module-option name="uidAttributeID">uid</module-option>
<module-option name="roleAttributeID">cn</module-option>
<module-option name="rolesCtxDN">cn=JBossSXTests,ou=Roles,o=aebtest6.ca</module-option>
</login-module>
</application-policy>
</policy
web-app
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<web-app>
<servlet-name>Authentication</servlet-name> <servlet-class>ca.recursive.aeb.servlets.Authentication</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>properties</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/conf/velocity.properties</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>repositoryPath</param-name>
<param-value>WEB-INF/authentication</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
<!-- end Authentication/Authorisation mappings -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Authentication</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/authentication</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>authenticate.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<!-- tell the app server which authentication to use and where to
find the login page -->
<login-config>
<!-- use this for form based authentication -->
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<realm-name>java:jaas/SunOneDirectory</realm-name>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>authenticate.jsp</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>loginerror.jsp</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
<!-- end form based authentication -->
</login-config>
<!-- list the possible security roles -->
<security-role>
<role-name>jduke</role-name>
</security-role>
jboss-web.xml
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<!DOCTYPE jboss-web
PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-web_3_0.dtd">
<jboss-web>
<!-- tell jboss what realm to use for authentication -->
<security-domain>java:/jaas/SunOneDirectory</security-domain>
</jboss-web>
finally, the ldif file
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# File: aebtest5.ldif
# Root node
dn: o=aebtest6.ca
o: aebtest6.ca
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
dn: ou=People, o=aebtest6.ca
ou: People
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalunit
dn: ou=Roles, o=aebtest6.ca
ou: Roles
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
dn: uid=jduke, ou=People, o=aebtest6.ca
uid: jduke
cn: Java
cn: Duke
userPassword: theduke
sn: jduke
objectclass: person
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
dn: cn=JBossSXTests, ou=Roles, o=aebtest6.ca
cn: JBossXSTests
uid: jduke
cn: TheDuke
sn: tests
objectclass: person
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
dn: cn=JBossSXTests, ou=Roles, o=aebtest6.ca
cn: JBossSXTests
uid: jduke
cn: TheDuke
cn: AnimatedCharacter
sn: JBossSXTests
objectclass: person
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
dn: cn=JBossSXTests, ou=Roles, o=aebtest6.ca
cn: JBossSXTests
userid: jduke
cn: TheDuke
cn: AnimatedCharacter
sn: tests
objectclass: person
objectclass: inetOrgPerson