One example if this is the JndiLdapRealm. In doGetAuthenticationInfo, it passes the credentials to the directory, and if the authentication fails, it throws an AuthenticationException. Meanwhile, it sets its CredentialsMatcher to "AllowAllCredentialsMatcher".
Hope that helps, Jared On Fri 22 Jun 2012 07:00:38 AM CDT, Marcus Bond wrote: > Hi, I wondered if anyone has done anything where there has been a need > to pass credentials to a service for authentication? > > > > I have a situation where a user gives username and password but there > is no way for me to retrieve the stored credentials to match – what > should happen is that the credentials are sent to a remote service > which will in turn say they are good or otherwise. Is there a “Shiro > way” of doing this? > > > > Marcus. >
