I have the same problem. I implemented the LoginModule interface and the
authentication works fine. Now I want to implemets the permission manager on
my role. Arun let me know which solutions you decide and share your idea.

Andrew 

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Randy Watler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Inviato: martedì 4 ottobre 2005 7.01
A: Jetspeed Users List
Oggetto: Re: Setting up J2 security with existing user and permissions
database.

Arun:

There have been plenty of threads on this list that have tackled the
external authentication needs you have here. There are generally two
integration approaches available: via Security APIs or SecurityValve
replacement.

There is a Java Permissions based security model for the PageManager. 
One can disable the existing constraints in the PSML and instead utilize the
permissions managed in the J2 DB. See the J2 *.sql configuration files for
example permissions. The PageManager can be configured to use the
permissions in the WEB-INF/assembly/page-manager.xml spring configuration. I
am not sure if there is an admin portlet for permissions yet... the PSML
based security is far more popular at this point.

HTH,

Randy

Arun wrote:

>Hello folks,
>
>I would first like to congratulate the contributors to this project and 
>the forum for the wonderful work being done.  We are in the process of 
>building a new portal and I want to use Jetspeed 2. I have a few 
>questions related to security and could not get all the answers from 
>current documentation. I really appreciate if someone can provide 
>pointers here.
>
>1. We already have users and roles set up in a database and would like 
>to authenticate portal users against this store. I want to write a new 
>LoginModule to accomplish this. I recollect seeing some issues being 
>raised about replacing the LoginModules. Is this the right approach or 
>is it recommended to extend the existing LoginModuleProxy. All the user 
>management activities are taken care by another workflow in place that 
>has to go through approvals.
>
>2. A list of available portlets and information about roles that can 
>access them are already available in a database. What is the right 
>approach to extend the permission management in Jetspeed to use this 
>data store. Should I write my own implementation similar to rdbms 
>policy ? The portal is envisioned to be deployed on multiple midtiers 
>with one database. I do not want to use PSML page security where 
>folders are created on the filesystem for roles and users. However, 
>admin should be able to create new tabs and set up access permissions 
>to it based on roles. Can I achieve this without writing my own 
>security valve in J2.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Arun
>
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