Adf security with upper case user results in 500-internal server error

Question

Hello
JDev 11.1.1.0.2, Integrated WLS
I'v set up ADF security as explained in the documentation.
The only difference being that the role test-all has been removed.
I have one user 'paul' with a password of 'password'
I have one application role 'myrole'
'paul' is a member of 'myrole'
I have one unbounded task flow with one view (view1).
Via the janz-data.xml 'View1' has been granted to 'myrole' (view action)
When running View1 I get the login.html page which is correct.
The fun starts when playing around with the user/password.
If I login with 'paul' and 'password' view1 is display, this is correct
If I login with an unknown user or an incorrect password Windows Explorer 7 shows a generic HTTP 403 error page and not the error.html
If I login with 'PAUL' and 'password' (or Paul, or any mixed cased version of Paul with the correct password) I get the following stack trace :
oracle.adf.controller.security.AuthorizationException: ADFC-0619: Echec de la vérification des autorisations : '/view1.jspx' 'VIEW'.
     at oracle.adf.controller.internal.security.AuthorizationEnforcer.handleFailure(AuthorizationEnforcer.java:145)
     at oracle.adf.controller.internal.security.AuthorizationEnforcer.checkPermission(AuthorizationEnforcer.java:124)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.state.ControllerState.initializeUrl(ControllerState.java:639)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.state.ControllerState.synchronizeStatePart2(ControllerState.java:449)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.application.SyncNavigationStateListener.afterPhase(SyncNavigationStateListener.java:44)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.lifecycle.ADFLifecycleImpl$PagePhaseListenerWrapper.afterPhase(ADFLifecycleImpl.java:529)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.internalDispatchAfterEvent(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.dispatchAfterPagePhaseEvent(LifecycleImpl.java:166)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.faces.lifecycle.ADFPhaseListener$PhaseInvokerImpl.dispatchAfterPagePhaseEvent(ADFPhaseListener.java:122)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.faces.lifecycle.ADFPhaseListener.afterPhase(ADFPhaseListener.java:68)
     at oracle.adfinternal.controller.faces.lifecycle.ADFLifecyclePhaseListener.afterPhase(ADFLifecyclePhaseListener.java:51)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl._executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:354)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:175)
     at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:227)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:125)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:292)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:26)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42)
     at oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter.doFilter(ADFBindingFilter.java:181)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.webapp.rich.RegistrationFilter.doFilter(RegistrationFilter.java:85)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl$FilterListChain.doFilter(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:279)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:239)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._doFilterImpl(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:196)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl.doFilter(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:139)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter.doFilter(TrinidadFilter.java:92)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42)
     at oracle.security.jps.wls.JpsWlsFilter$1.run(JpsWlsFilter.java:85)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at oracle.security.jps.util.JpsSubject.doAsPrivileged(JpsSubject.java:257)
     at oracle.security.jps.wls.JpsWlsSubjectResolver.runJaasMode(JpsWlsSubjectResolver.java:250)
     at oracle.security.jps.wls.JpsWlsFilter.doFilter(JpsWlsFilter.java:100)
     at oracle.security.jps.ee.http.JpsFilter.doFilter(JpsFilter.java:65)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestEventsFilter.doFilter(RequestEventsFilter.java:27)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3496)
     at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(Unknown Source)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2180)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2086)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1406)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
The questions are :
- Why do I get the generic HTTP 403 error instead of the error.html (its not the end of the world but I would like to understand) ?
- Why do I get the error 500 if the case of the username is incorrect but the password is correct ?
Best Regards
Paul

Answer 1

Nope nothing in there that looks out of place...
Here's the contents of the web.xml file ..
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee">
<description>Empty web.xml file for Web Application</description>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>client</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<description>If this parameter is true, there will be an automatic check of the modification date of your JSPs, and saved state will be discarded when JSP's change. It will also automatically check if your skinning css files have changed without you having to restart the server. This makes development easier, but adds overhead. For this reason this parameter should be set to false when your application is deployed.</description>
<param-name>org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.CHECK_FILE_MODIFICATION</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<description>Whether the 'Generated by...' comment at the bottom of ADF Faces HTML pages should contain version number information.</description>
<param-name>oracle.adf.view.rich.versionString.HIDDEN</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<filter-name>JpsFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>oracle.security.jps.ee.http.JpsFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>enable.anonymous</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>remove.anonymous.role</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>addAllRoles</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>jaas.mode</param-name>
<param-value>doasprivileged</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter>
<filter-name>trinidad</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<filter-class>oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>JpsFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>trinidad</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>resources</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>adfAuthentication</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>oracle.adf.share.security.authentication.AuthenticationServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>resources</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/adf/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>resources</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/afr/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>adfAuthentication</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/adfAuthentication/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>35</session-timeout>
</session-config>
<mime-mapping>
<extension>html</extension>
<mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
<mime-mapping>
<extension>txt</extension>
<mime-type>text/plain</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>adfAuthentication</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/adfAuthentication</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>valid-users</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/login.html</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/error.html</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>
<security-role>
<role-name>valid-users</role-name>
</security-role>
</web-app>
Regards
Paul