Maybe you got me wrong. Of course the behavior you describe and want
is the generally desired one. I was just asking why it did not work
*technically* to have the slide realm in the engine section. It has
the namespace attribute in it which used to work before. Anyway, I
will try the setting you proposed...

Oliver


On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 21:35:38 -0500, Tim Frank
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oliver,
> 
> It did "work" in the Engine element, however, that would require me to
> set up all the Tomcat admin/manager accounts as accounts within slide.
> Not exactly the default behaviour I was expecting. Also, the Tomcat docs
> indicate that adding entries to the tomcat-users.xml file will allow
> access to the admin/manager apps. This was no the case in the bundle.
> 
> Putting the JAAS Realm inside the Context element inside the Host
> element allows slide to operate independently of other applications that
> require authentication. My assumption was this would be the default case
> as I would assume slide would not be the only webapp running on a server.
> 
> I guess it is just my opinion that separating the Tomcat users from the
> slide users would be desired. If not, then putting it in the Engine
> element as it stands is fine, but if so, why not remove the other Realm
> entries in the Engine element (or comment them out since they don't work).
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
> Oliver Zeigermann wrote:
> > Hi Tim, any idea why this did not work for you in the engine element?
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:11:14 -0500, Tim Frank
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>It was my inexperience with Tomcat that caused the problem... and due to
> >>that a misunderstanding of the instructions on the following page:
> >>
> >>http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/howto-jaas.html
> >>
> >>ALSO, and more importantly, the server.xml bundled with the 2.1b2 binary
> >>    including Tomcat 5 has the JAAS Realm set in the Engine element.
> >>This causes the Tomcat admin/manager apps to not work per the default
> >>setup instructions for Tomcat.
> >>
> >>I have modified my server.xml to place this block inside of the Host
> >>element defining localhost instead and then (finally) everything works!
> >>
> >><Context path="/slide" debug="0" privileged="true" useNaming="true">
> >>   <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JAASRealm"
> >>        appName="slide_login"
> >>        userClassNames="org.apache.slide.jaas.spi.SlidePrincipal"
> >>        roleClassNames="org.apache.slide.jaas.spi.SlideRole"
> >>        name="Slide DAV Server"
> >>        namespace="slide"
> >>        useContextClassLoader="false" />
> >></Context>
> >>
> >>Thanks to Nick for pointing out the wiki page which made me realise I
> >>did not have this Realm inside of the correct element.
> >>
> >>I think it would be helpful to change the default bundle to handle this
> >>change as well, and maybe also point it out more explicitly on the JAAS
> >>instruction page for newcomers like myself.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Tim
> >>
> >>Nick Longinow wrote on 03/11/04 03:07 PM:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Tim
> >>>
> >>>I was able to get this working using Slide 2.1B2.  The wiki steps shown are
> >>>almost completely sufficient (on Windows)
> >>>
> >>>Nick
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Tim Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:03 PM
> >>>To: Slide Users Mailing List
> >>>Subject: Re: Accessing Tomcat Manager and Admin apps with Slide/Tomcat
> >>>bundle ?
> >>>
> >>>I would just like to add that I am having the exact same problem with
> >>>the 2.1b2 bundle that uses JAAS authentication. The only way I can login
> >>>to the Tomcat admin/manager apps is to change the server.xml file to not
> >>>use JAAS but the old MemoryRealm. Which of course then doesn't let me
> >>>login to slide.
> >>>
> >>>I also apologise if this is a Tomcat issue, but it IS an issue with the
> >>>2.1b2 bundle you provide for download.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>Tim
> >>>
> >>>Nick Longinow wrote on 03/11/04 01:26 PM:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>Again, apologies for what may be a Tomcat issue, but...
> >>>>
> >>>>Per Tomcat's documentation, I am trying to set the credentials for the
> >>>
> >>>admin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>and manager webapps that ship with Tomcat.  I've added them to the
> >>>>tomcat-users.xml file (root/root), but when I try to login to
> >>>>http://localhost:8080/admin I get a stack dump like this:
> >>>>
> >>>>WARNING: Login exception authenticating username root
> >>>>javax.security.auth.login.LoginException:
> >>>>org.apache.slide.common.DomainInitializationFailedError: Domain
> >>>>initialization error : Domain.xml (The system cannot find the file
> >>>>specified)
> >>>>
> >>>>Any ideas ?
> >>>>
> >>>>Nick
> >>>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Ryan Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 12:58 PM
> >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>Subject: RE: Custom authorization and authentication best practices
> >>>>
> >>>>John,
> >>>>
> >>>>Well, it looks like there are three cases we need to handle and we are
> >>>
> >>>only
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>handling one of them.  Right now the username/password/url are coming from
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>the connection spec.  They can also come from configuration properties.
> >>>>
> >>>>The case I need is when the credentials come from the JAAS Subject as a:
> >>>>javax.resource.spi.security.PasswordCredential.
> >>>>
> >>>>I don't think that the JCA specifications are clear on exactly which
> >>>>credentials should be used when they are supplied through more than one
> >>>>method.
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm using JBoss.  I'm pretty sure the PasswordCredential should work the
> >>>>same under weblogic because I was using a lot of weblogic docs for info.
> >>>
> >>>I
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>think weblogic also supports caller impersonation.
> >>>>
> >>>>I was really hoping somebody could shed some light on making the url
> >>>>configurable.  I'm doing it from a config property right now like you
> >>>
> >>>said.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>That means I can only set the url to the slide root.  I'm then using
> >>>>WebdavResource.getChildResources() to navigate down, but I feel like that
> >>>>might be doing a whole bunch of extra round trips, when I usually only
> >>>
> >>>want
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>one resource at a time.
> >>>>
> >>>>Whats the best way to do this?
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>>-Ryan Rhodes
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>From: "John Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>Reply-To: "Slide Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>To: "Slide Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>Subject: RE: Custom authorization and authentication best practices
> >>>>>Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:22:20 -0500
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Ryan,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>What kind of changes are you looking to do for the jca connector? I was
> >>>>>thinking of doing the same thing. For example, providing a property for
> >>>>>the url and using container managed authentication.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Also, are you using weblogic?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>- John
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>From: Ryan Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:31 AM
> >>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>Subject: RE: Custom authorization and authentication best practices
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Hi Morten,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I'm working on something similar to this right now.  One way it "Could"
> >>>>>be
> >>>>>done is this.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>1)  Use a JAAS Login module to make slide the authentication realm for
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>web container.  This way users and roles are pulled from Slide for web
> >>>>>applications.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>2)  Use the JCA Connector to connect web applications to Slide.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>3)  Use a second JAAS login config for the JCA Connector.  JCA supports
> >>>>>3 or
> >>>>>4 different types of authentication.  The type called "Caller
> >>>>>Impersonation"
> >>>>>allows you to pass on the user/roles from the calling web/ejb
> >>>>>application
> >>>>>to be used by the JCA connection.  This way you don't have to keep
> >>>>>around
> >>>>>the username/password from the web login to re-use with Slide.  The
> >>>>>application server handles it for you, and the web user will
> >>>>>automatically
> >>>>>be limited to whatever document permisions they have in slide.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Right now, the JCA Connector doesn't support any type of declarative
> >>>>>configuration.  The login/pass are passed programatically through the
> >>>>>WebDavConnectionSpec when you create a connection.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>When I finish making it configurable I'll submit the changes, but I'll
> >>>>>warn
> >>>>>you that (#3) will always require configuration that is specific to the
> >>>>>application server.  Not every app server supports Caller Impersonation,
> >>>>>and
> >>>>>I think (#1), at least on Jboss, requires a JAAS Login Module that uses
> >>>>>propriertary JBoss libraries and I heard those can't be mixed with
> >>>>>Apache
> >>>>>License, so... it probably won't be support by Slide.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Hope that Helps,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Ryan Rhodes
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>From: Morten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>>Reply-To: "Slide Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>>Subject: Custom authorization and authentication best practices
> >>>>>>Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:15:34 +0100
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I will be using Slide as a file system based content repository. It
> >>>>>
> >>>>>will be
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>part of a web-application which contains a UI to add/remove users and
> >>>>>
> >>>>>set
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>permissions at folder level.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>This means I need to integrate Slide with my web-app. I see 2 possible
> >>>>>>methods:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>1. Slide accesses an external data-source for authentication and
> >>>>>>authorization, possibly via a custom plug-in (could be done using WCK,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>but
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>that impacts DeltaV).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>2. The users and permissions get set in Slide explicitly using an API
> >>>>>>(pointers to which greatly appreciated).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Functionally, I need to be able to answer the questions "Is user X with
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>password Y a valid user?" and "Can user X access folder Z?"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Which of the above is the preferred approach and what is the "proper"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>way
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>to go about it? What's considered best practices? Studying WCK, Realms,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>JAAS, Projector gives lots of options on authentication, but I fail to
> >>>>>
> >>>>>find
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>options for authorization.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Br,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Morten
> >>>>>>
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