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Gianny Damour reassigned GERONIMO-832:
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Assign To: Gianny Damour
> Calling isUserInRole from JSP not mapped to a Servlet
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>
> Key: GERONIMO-832
> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-832
> Project: Geronimo
> Type: Bug
> Components: security
> Versions: 1.0-M3, 1.0-M4
> Reporter: Gianny Damour
> Assignee: Gianny Damour
> Priority: Minor
>
> Calling isUserInRole from a JSP not mapped to a servlet fails with Jetty as
> the servlet container.
> In the case of JSP not explicitly mapped in the web.xml DD, isUserInRole("<a
> role name>") triggers a validation of the following Permission:
> (javax.security.jacc.WebRoleRefPermission jsp <a role name>)
> The name "jsp" is sourced from the JettyServletHolder, which is automatically
> registered to handle the processing of *.jsp files.
> As pointed out by Jeff, it seems that the JACC specification mandates another
> behavior:
> * the name "jsp" should actually be an empty string; and
> * for each security role declared by the web.xml DD, a WebRoleRefPermission
> permission should be automatically added. The name of this Permission should
> be an empty string and the action should be the role name.
> Excerpt of the JACC specification talking about this specific behavior:
> "
> B.19 Calling isUserInRole from JSP not mapped to a Servlet
> Checking a WebRoleRefPermission requires the name of a Servlet to identify
> the scope of the reference to role translation. The name of a scoping servlet
> has not been established for an unmapped JSP.
> Resolution? For every security role in the web application add a
> WebRoleRefPermission to the corresponding role. The name of all such
> permissions shall be the empty string, and the actions of each permission
> shall be the corresponding role name. When checking a WebRoleRefPermission
> from a JSP not mapped to a servlet, use a permission with the empty string as
> its name and with the argument to isUserInRole as its actions. This
> specification will require that containers implement this resolution when the
> Servlet Specification
> requires that containers test the caller for membership in the role named by
> the argument to isUserInRole when isUserInRole is called from an unmapped JSP.
> "
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