»The spring security filters are not invoked at all when a JSF forward happens.«
Then the issue has to be a misconfiguration problem, because a normal filter is called for the JSF forward (I tested that). However, I don't know spring security filters well enough to point out what the real problem is. sorry! 2010/1/18 Madhav Bhargava <[email protected]> > Sorry for the delay in response. The spring security filters are not > invoked at all when a JSF forward happens. > What we have done as a workaround is that login page has now been made a > simple non JSF JSP. We redirect from login page to another page which is > just a dummy page. This redirect causes spring security to set up > SecurityContext properly. So we are able to use spring security component > level authorizations properly. However the URL level authorization is still > an issue. > > Regards, > Madhav > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jakob Korherr > > > Can you sort out if the filter itself is not called or if the filter > behaves > >wrong? > > > > > >2010/1/13 Madhav Bhargava <[email protected]> > > > > Yeah this is the place. > > Back to the problem. I still cannot come up with a workaround :( > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Jakob Korherr > > >The "magic" happens in JspViewHandlerImpl's renderView() method: > > > > > >public void renderView(FacesContext facesContext, UIViewRoot > viewToRender) > > > throws IOException, FacesException { > > > externalContext.dispatch(viewId); > > > .... > > > > > > } > > > > > >Regards, > > >Jakob > > > > > >2010/1/13 Madhav Bhargava <[email protected]> > > > > > > Yes, I am not using facelets. > > > I had a look at the NavigationHandlerImpl and here is the excerpt from > > it: > > > > > > Method: handleNavigation > > > > > > if (navigationCase != null) > > > { > > > if (log.isTraceEnabled()) > > > { > > > log.trace("handleNavigation fromAction=" + fromAction + > " > > > outcome=" + outcome + > > > " toViewId =" + navigationCase.getToViewId() + > > > " redirect=" + navigationCase.isRedirect()); > > > } > > > if (navigationCase.isRedirect() && > > > (!PortletUtil.isPortletRequest(facesContext))) > > > { // Spec section 7.4.2 says "redirects not possible" in > this > > > case for portlets > > > ExternalContext externalContext = > > > facesContext.getExternalContext(); > > > ViewHandler viewHandler = > > > facesContext.getApplication().getViewHandler(); > > > String redirectPath = > > viewHandler.getActionURL(facesContext, > > > navigationCase.getToViewId()); > > > > > > try > > > { > > > > > > > externalContext.redirect(externalContext.encodeActionURL(redirectPath)); > > > } > > > catch (IOException e) > > > { > > > throw new FacesException(e.getMessage(), e); > > > } > > > } > > > else > > > { > > > ViewHandler viewHandler = > > > facesContext.getApplication().getViewHandler(); > > > //create new view > > > String newViewId = navigationCase.getToViewId(); > > > UIViewRoot viewRoot = null; > > > if (isPartialStateSavingOn(facesContext)) { > > > viewRoot = > > > viewHandler.restoreView(facesContext,newViewId); > > > } else { > > > viewRoot = viewHandler.createView(facesContext, > > > newViewId); > > > } > > > facesContext.setViewRoot(viewRoot); > > > facesContext.renderResponse(); > > > } > > > > > > In the above code, redirect happens properly however for a forward > there > > is > > > no RequestDispatcher.forward or ExternalContext.dispatch called. So I > do > > not > > > know where a forward happens. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Madhav > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Jakob Korherr > > > >Hi Tomasz, > > > > > > > >That's all correct! However, I don't think he is using Facelets, > because > > > he > > > >mentioned JSP-pages... > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Jakob > > > > > > > >2010/1/12 Tomasz Pasierb <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > as I understand you use a commandButton and as a result a different > > page > > > (a > > > > secured one) is rendered but spring security does not seem to > intercept > > > the > > > > url, is that right? > > > > > > > > If so and if the solution used by you uses Facelets then this may be > > the > > > > problem. > > > > When using Facelets as opposed to "pure" (older) jsf+jsp approach > there > > > is > > > > no forward when a new view is rendered that is a result of a > navigation > > > case > > > > forward. I've been investigating this recently. When JSP view handler > > is > > > > used it checks which view should be rendered next and does a forward > to > > > this > > > > new view which spring security can intercept. The Facelet view > handler > > > > however seems to load the view (xhtml) and render it without making > the > > > > actual forward. As a result no interception can happen and usually it > > is > > > > triggered with the next request. > > > > You need to either use redirects or make GET requests to logically > > > separate > > > > views - I know this is not natural with jsf versions prior to 2.0, > but > > > this > > > > new spec seems to change everything :-) - use can easily generate GET > > > > requests with the new version. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps ;) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Tom Pasierb > > > > > > > > Madhav Bhargava pisze: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > >> > > > >> I am using myfaces 1.1, icefaces 1.8.1, spring 2.5.6, spring > security > > > >> -2.0.5, WAS 6.0 (app server) > > > >> > > > >> I have configured spring security for my JSF application along with > > > >> SiteMinder as an external authentication mechanism. It works fine > till > > a > > > >> forward happens from within myfaces. > > > >> > > > >> Here is my spring servlet filter chain declaration: > > > >> <filter> > > > >> <description> > > > >> Spring delegating filter which will > > > >> initiate the spring > > > >> security filter chain > > > >> </description> > > > >> > <display-name>springSecurityFilterChain</display-name> > > > >> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> > > > >> <filter-class> > > > >> > > > >> org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy > > > >> </filter-class> > > > >> </filter> > > > >> > > > >> <filter-mapping> > > > >> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> > > > >> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > > >> <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher> > > > >> <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher> > > > >> </filter-mapping> > > > >> > > > >> And in my spring application context I have followed the advice from > > > >> spring forums and done necessary settings: > > > >> Excerpt is: > > > >> > > > >> <security:http > > > >> > > > >> entry-point-ref="preAuthenticatedProcessingFilterEntryPoint" > > > >> once-per-request="false"> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/index.jsp" > > > filters="none" > > > >> /> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/login.jsp" > > > filters="none" > > > >> /> > > > >> <security:intercept-url > > pattern="/authenticationservlet" > > > >> filters="none"/> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="**/jsp/common/**" > > > >> filters="none"/> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/**/css/**" > > > >> filters="none"/> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/**/*.js" > > > filters="none"/> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/images/**" > > > >> filters="none"/> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/**/secure/**" > > > >> access="ROLE_USER" /> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/**/operations/**" > > > >> access="ROLE_OPERATIONS"/> > > > >> <security:intercept-url pattern="/**" > > > >> access="IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY" /> > > > >> </security:http> > > > >> > > > >> Now when I forward a request from index.jsp to login.jsp then the > > spring > > > >> filters are called with the login.jsp URL even though the browser > > shows > > > the > > > >> old URL. > > > >> > > > >> However when from within an action method a navigation case is > handled > > > >> then it is not intercepted by the spring filters at all. However if > I > > > give a > > > >> <redirect/> then it is properly intercepted with the correct URL as > > > >> expected. > > > >> > > > >> What can be the reason? > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> Madhav > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
