Hi. I'm trying to useLdapLoginModule for authenticating into the portal that runs on JBOSS AS 4.0.5GA. The authentication part is ok (the trace logs returns loginOK=true), when I put in the user's username and password in and hit enter. However, in the browser it gives me a 403 error. Error message as follows :

HTTP Status 403 - Access to the requested resource has been denied

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type Status report

message Access to the requested resource has been denied

description Access to the specified resource (Access to the requested resource has been denied) has been forbidden.


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Here are the details:

1. LDAP server (we use eDirectory) :

Sample user :

cn=abc,ou=users,ou=MyDivision,o=MyCompany

Sample Role :

cn=finance,ou=DistributionLists,ou=MyDivision,o=MyCompany

The member attribute will contain the users that are assigned to this role.
For example :

member=cn=abc,ou=users,ou=MyDivision,o=MyCompany

2. jboss-4.0.5.GA\server\default\deploy\jboss-portal.sar\portal-server.war\WEB-INF\web.xml :


<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Authenticated</web-resource-name>

<url-pattern>/auth/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<!--<auth-constraint>
<role-name>Authenticated</role-name>
</auth-constraint>-->
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>finance</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>


also :

<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<realm-name>JBoss Portal</realm-name>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/login.jsp</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/error.jsp</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>
<!--<security-role>
<role-name>Authenticated</role-name>
</security-role>-->
<security-role>
<role-name>finance</role-name>
</security-role>


3. jboss-4.0.5.GA\server\default\deploy\jboss-portal.sar\conf\login-config.xml :


<application-policy name="portal">

<login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapLoginModule" flag="required">
<module-option name="java.naming.factory.initial"> com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.provider.url">ldap://myLDAPserverIP:389/</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.security.authentication">simple</module-option>
<module-option name="principalDNPrefix">cn=</module-option>
<module-option name="principalDNSuffix">,ou=users,ou=MyDivision,o=MyCompany </module-option>
<module-option name="rolesCtxDN">ou=DistributionLists,ou=MyDivision,o=MyCompany</module-option>
<module-option name="uidAttributeID">member</module-option>
<module-option name="matchOnUserDN">true</module-option>
<module-option name="roleAttributeID">cn</module-option>
<module-option name="roleAttributeIsDN">false</module-option>
</login-module>

</application-policy>


4. database table "jbp_users" in the portal database :

The user abc is added to the jbp_users table. The jbp_uid is 11.

Note : I did not synchronize the passord here from the LDAP server because I thought the password here is not used anymore since we authenticate using the LDAP server


5. database table "jbp_roles" in the portal datatabase :

The role "finance" is added to the jbp_roles table. jbp_name and jbp_displayName are both set to "finance". The jbp_rid value is 7.

6. database table "jbp_role_membership" in the portal database :

The entry with values jbp_uid = 11 and jbp_rid = 7 is added to the jbp_role_membership table.


Is any other configurations I need to do in order to make it work?

Also, is there a way to do more detailed logging so that I can see what's happening after the authentication? Right now the log doesn't show what went wrong regarding to the role permissions.

Any help is appreciated.

-Andrew