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-Scott

On Nov 15, 2007 4:22 PM, Kristin Coles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Got it! :) Thank you.
>
> I am hoping that someday I can put together a detailed (and complete)
> list of things I had to do to get CAS work in my environment and post
> it as a blog or  email it to this forum. The sooner the better because
> I might forget all the little details that I remember now. This might
> help others newbies like me to get CAS working for them lot faster
> than I did (especially if their environment resembles mine).
>
> Have a great day guys.
>
> Regards,
> Kristin
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2007 12:37 PM, Scott Battaglia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > When you go to the CAS login page, it only checks the TGT for validity
> if
> > you also actually request authentication to something (which is why if
> you
> > specify a service url you'll be prompted for credentials).  There is no
> way
> > to check the validity of a TGT without requesting a service ticket.
> >
> > Otherwise, if you don't request access to a service it just checks if
> you
> > have a single sign on session already initiated by looking for the
> cookie
> > (this method is secure as the first time you attempt to gain access to
> > anything it will detect that the session is no longer valid).
> >
> > Hope that helps.  Glad to hear you've got CAS working!
> > -Scott
> >
> > --
> >
> > -Scott Battaglia
> > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbattaglia
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 15, 2007 2:07 PM, Kristin Coles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Thank you for a quick reply Scott.You are right, when I give a
> > > different service parameter to the login URL, I'm getting the login
> > > prompt.
> > >
> > > I understand that the cookie still exists (because a. it did not
> > > expire; b. browser wasn't closed; c. the user did not delete the
> > > cookies from the browser). But since the corresponding TGT does not
> > > exist anymore, should I not be prompted for the login credentials? How
> > > does the service parameter impact this behavior? Can you please
> > > elaborate.
> > >
> > > Feels like a huge load has been lifted off my chest. I'm really
> > > thankful to this forum for their continued help. I have a working CAS
> > > server :)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Kristin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 15, 2007 11:11 AM, Scott Battaglia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > > You're seeing expected behavior.  Your cookie exists in between
> Tomcat
> > > > shutdowns.  If you try to access another service however, you will
> be
> > > > prompted for credentials because even though the cookie still exists
> > client
> > > > side (the browser) there is no corresponding TicketGrantingTicket on
> the
> > CAS
> > > > Server.
> > > >
> > > > -Scott
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 15, 2007 12:46 PM, Kristin Coles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for your suggestion Nicolas. It DID DISABLE session
> > > > > persistence. Proof is the following message in Tomcat logs during
> > > > > startup.
> > > > >
> > > > > [org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManagerBase] : No Store
> > > > > configured, persistence disabled
> > > > >
> > > > > However, when I restart Tomcat and go to https://kristin/login, I
> > > > > still get the message "You have successfully logged into the
> Central
> > > > > Authentication Service."!
> > > > >
> > > > > #Tomcat\conf\server.xml
> > > > > <Host name="kristin" appBase="webapps"
> > > > >
> > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"
> > > > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"
> > > > expireSessionsOnShutdown="true">
> > > > >        <Context path="" docBase="cas">
> > > > >
> > > > >        <Manager
> > className="org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager"
> > > > > debug="0" saveOnRestart="false"></Manager>
> > > > >        </Context>
> > > > > </Host>
> > > > >
> > > > > I am completely stumped! CAS and Tomcat guru's please advise!
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Kristin
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Nov 14, 2007 11:03 PM, Nicolas Clemeur < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you very much Scott! I got the browser REFRESH issue
> > resolved by
> > > > > > > redirecting to the same URL without the ticket. If not for
> your
> > reply,
> > > > > > > it would have taken me a long time to figure it out! :)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The TGTs are persisting between Tomcat restarts though. I am
> still
> > > > > > > unable to disable session persistence in Tomcat.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have tried the following to disable session persistence in
> > Tomcat.
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > Can anyone please help me.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think if you add the following in your context.xml , it should
> > disable
> > > > session
> > > > > > persistence:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <!--  This prevent tomcat to serialize session object on
> shutdown
> > -->
> > > > > > <Manager className="
> org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager "
> > > > > > saveOnRestart="false"/>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > >
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