OLD EXTERNAL LDAP CONFIG for JBOSS Version 2.4.4

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jboss.jcml
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<!-- Bind a remote LDAP server -->

external/ldap/practiceit
sscldap.conf
javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext
true


OLD EXTERNAL LDAP CONFIG for JBOSS Version 2.4.4
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sscldap.conf
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java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory
java.naming.provider.url=ldap://192.9.200.5:389/dc=practiceit,dc=net
java.naming.security.principal=cn=SystemManager,dc=practiceit,dc=net
java.naming.security.authentication=simple
java.naming.security.credentials=secretpass


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WORKING JAVA CODE FOR JNDI ACCESS for Version 2.4.4
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public String search(String name)
{
String bId ="";
try
{
/* Create an environment for the initial directory context.*/
/* Create the initial directory context. */
DirContext drctx = new InitialDirContext(getInitialLdapContext().getEnvironment());;
/* Set up and perform the search. Find all matching in ou=name. */
String base = "o=PracticeVeterinary";
String filter = "(ou="+name+")";
SearchControls constraints = new SearchControls();
constraints.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);
NamingEnumeration results = drctx.search(base,filter,constraints);
/* Print the search results. */
if (!results.hasMore())
{
System.out.println("Nothing found.");
}
else
{
while (results.hasMore())
{
SearchResult sr = (SearchResult) results.next();
Attributes attrs = sr.getAttributes();
if (attrs == null)
{
System.out.println("No attributes");
}
else
{
/* For each attribute of the entry.
find a custom entry called bid */
Attribute bIdCtx = attrs.get("bid");
bId = (String)bIdCtx.get(0);
}
}
}
}
catch (NamingException e)
{
/* Handle any name/directory exceptions. */
}//catch
catch (Exception e)
{
/* Handle any other types of exceptions. */
}//catch
return bId;
}
public Context getInitialLdapContext() throws NamingException
{
String ldapCtxString = "external/ldap/practiceit";
InitialContext initCtx = new InitialContext();
Context ldapCtx = (Context)initCtx.lookup(ldapCtxString);
return ldapCtx;
}


JBOSS 3.0.1 SETTINGS

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jboss-service.xml
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<!-- Added for creating external JNDI Reference to LDAP server -->

external/ldap/practiceit
/conf/sscldap.conf
javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext
true


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sscldap.conf file in conf folder
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java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory
java.naming.provider.url=ldap://192.9.200.5:389/dc=practiceit,dc=net
java.naming.security.principal=cn=SystemManager,dc=practiceit,dc=net
java.naming.security.authentication=simple
java.naming.security.credential=secretpass

Once i add this reference and start the server the jndiView MBean doesnt work
[B]
If i invoke the list() function with (false) it just hangs and after around 20 minutes it
gives out of memory error ( have put 512 M stack)[/B]

2002-08-23 17:36:37,542 WARN [org.jboss.jbossweb] WARNING: Exception for /jmx-console/HtmlAdaptor
RuntimeErrorException: Error in MBean operation 'list(,boolean)'
Cause: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:307)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.control.Server.invokeOpByName(Server.java:226)
at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.control.Server.invokeOp(Server.java:195)
at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.invokeOp(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:171)
at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.processRequest(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:77)
at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.doPost(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:59)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:344)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler.java:313)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:554)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.handle(WebApplicationHandler.java:199)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1572)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1522)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:795)
at org.jboss.jetty.Jetty.service(Jetty.java:531)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:784)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:941)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:799)
at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:186)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:322)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$JobRunner.run(ThreadPool.java:713)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
getTargetError():
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
<<no stack trace available>>


[U]The list function works fine if i remove the externalContext configuration[/U]

The java code too gives an exception "Not a DirContext" upon execution