So finally it worked, my extended LoginModule is working !! Thanks Jukka for the support.
Regards, MadhuSudhanan I. www.zoho.com 'If you wanna walk quick Walk Alone, if you wanna walk far Walk Together ..." ---- On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 imadhusudhanan <[email protected]> wrote ---- > THanks Jukka. > > Regards, > MadhuSudhanan I. > http://zoho.com > 'If you wanna walk quick Walk Alone, if you wanna walk far Walk Together ..." > > > > ---- On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> wrote ---- > > Hi, > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM, imadhusudhanan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can't I by pass the Authentication technique used by jackrabbit i.e. JAAS > > and provide my own authentication technique ie Basic Auth which i already > > implemented in my webapp. > > Jackrabbit always uses JAAS to manage authentication, but nothing > stops you from implementing your own Credentials class and looking for > those credentials in a custom LoginModule. > > Alternatively, if you've already authenticated the user by the time > you call Repository.login(), you could simply fill in a normal > SimpleCredentials instance for the user and use Jackrabbit's > SimpleLoginModule that simply accepts any username and password as > valid. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting >
