Form based authentication HTTP 403 access forbidden in WL 8.1

Hi there..
I found following message posted in April-2004 by Sandeep very useful.
I also ended up getting the following HTTP 403 Forbidden access error while using Pageflow controller and Form based authentication.
I noticed 2 things. If you have a normal webapp A, which is a plain old webapp (which does not use pageflow..workshop etc..) then the following error does not occur.
It only happens with those webapps which utilizes WL 8.1's pageflow features. Note that I am not using nested page flows. I just used 1 pageflow controller and wanted to have the form based login feature for the same.
BEA's samples on form authentication talks about nested page flows and javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException and etc.. are they only applicable to nested pageflows?
can't I use the same to capture failed login exception within a single controller?
I tried out putting FailedLoginException exception-handler in Global.app file but it didn't catch it. Only the following work around worked. is this a bug in WL 8.1 workshop? or I am missing something.
I would appreciate if someone can clear this doubt.
I am using WL 8.1 with sp3.
Rajesh
Hey guys,
I could find the solution for my problem. Here it is
We need to add following lines of code in the erro.jsp page.
<form action"j_security_check>
....write the error mesage....
</form>
You will get rid of "403 Forbidden page" error.
Thanks,
Sandip
[email protected] (Sandip Atkole) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
I am trying to set up Form-Based Authentication on WebLogic 8.1
The Problem:
If the user provides correct userid/password, he gets access to the
protected resource as required, but if he provides incorrect
userid/password, he gets a 403 Forbidden page, instead of getting the
login failure page.
The Descriptors:
WEB.XML
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/Login.jsp</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/LoginError.jsp</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>
Why doesn't it redirect to "/LoginError.jsp" instead of showing the
403 Forbidden page?
Thanks in advance
Sandip

It seems like a bug. However when I explicitly reset the error using set status it worked for me. I added following code in my error jsp .
<%
     response.setHeader("conent-type","text/html");
     response.setStatus(200);
%>

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* userValidationBean.java
* Created on 26 March 2008, 18:25
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
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import javax.ejb.Remote;
import java.util.List;
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try
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:http://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
ps=con.prepareStatement("select staff_id from user_table where username=?and password=?");
ps.setString(1,username);
ps.setString(2,password);
rs=ps.executeQuery();
if(rs.next())
String staff_id=""+rs.getInt(1);
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from hmo_staff_table where staff_id=?");
ps.setString(1,staff_id);
rs=ps.executeQuery();
if(rs.next())
//retrieve the values from HMO staff and store them in variables.
//store important variables in user sessions e.g.staff_id,username,place of work for display in the web page.
//redirect to required page.
String first_name=rs.getString("first_name");
String last_name=rs.getString("last_name");
String work_place=rs.getString("place_of_work");
HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
session.setAttribute("first_name",first_name);
session.setAttribute("last_name",last_name);
session.setAttribute("work_place",work_place);
session.setAttribute("staff_id",staff_id);
else
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
else
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
catch(Exception e)
//catch exception and redirect to page.
else if(user_type.equals("user")&&(access_level.equals("insurance")))
try
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:http://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
ps=con.prepareStatement("select staff_id from user_table where username=?and password=?");
ps.setString(1,username);
ps.setString(2,password);
rs=ps.executeQuery();
if(rs.next())
String staff_id=""+rs.getInt(1);
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from insurance_staff_table where staff_id=?");
ps.setString(1,staff_id);
rs=ps.executeQuery();
if(rs.next())
//retrieve the values from insurance staff and store them in variables.
//store important variables in user sessions e.g.staff_id,username,place of work for display in the web page.
//redirect to required page.
String first_name=rs.getString("first_name");
String last_name=rs.getString("last_name");
String work_place=rs.getString("place_of_work");
HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
session.setAttribute("first_name",first_name);
session.setAttribute("last_name",last_name);
session.setAttribute("work_place",work_place);
session.setAttribute("staff_id",staff_id);
else
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
else
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
catch(Exception e)
//catch exception and redirect to page.
else
//invalid login details.After all else fails.
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
catch(Exception e)
private void showError(String errorMsg,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws ServletException,IOException
request.setAttribute("error_msg",errorMsg);
RequestDispatcher dispatcher=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_error.jsp");
dispatcher.forward(request,response);
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code.">
/** Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method.
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
processRequest(request, response);
/** Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method.
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
processRequest(request, response);
/** Returns a short description of the servlet.
public String getServletInfo() {
return "Short description";
// </editor-fold>
view
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=utf-8" language="java" import="java.sql.*" errorPage="" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Login</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="564" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="558" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="style1"><div align="center">
<p> </p>
<h1 class="style7">Welcome to HealthPort</h1>
<p>HealthPort Login</p>
<p><span class="style8">Today's date is:<%= new java.util.Date() %></span></p>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="userCheck">
<p align="right" class="style3">Username
<label></label>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" />
</p>
<p align="right" class="style3">Password
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" />
</p>
<p align="right" class="style3">
<span class="style6">
<label></label>
<label></label>
</span>
<span class="style5">
<label></label>
</span>
<label>
<input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Login" />
</label>
</p>
<div align="right">
</div></form>
<div align="right"><div align="left"><p align="right"> </p>
</div></div></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="style1"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
so,that's about it.I'd appreciate it.I know this is a lot.I'm grateful
Ayo.

Hi.Im still having issues trying to perform form based authenticatin with entities.I tried this method but im getting errors on the marked lines.
controller servlet
* userCheck.java
* Created on 15 March 2008, 22:41
package servlets;
import Entities.UserTable;
import Entities.userValidationBean;
import javax.annotation.*;
import Entities.userValidationRemote;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.ejb.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import javax.persistence.*;
* @author Ayo
* @version
public class userCheck extends HttpServlet {
//@EJB userValidationRemote userRemote;
boolean checkUser;
String username,password;
/** Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code> methods.
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
/*con=null;
ps=null;
rs=null;
s=null;
*/response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
username=request.getParameter("username");
password=request.getParameter("password");
if(username==""||password=="")
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Please fill in the required blanks.</font></b>",request,response);
else
try
Context ctx=new InitialContext();
userValidationRemote userRemote=(userValidationRemote)ctx.lookup("Entities.userValidationRemote");
(error on this line-saying ')' expected and no matter if i add ) there is still erro)userRemote.authenticate(String p_user,String p_password);
catch(Exception e)
out.println("Error:"+e);
if(checkUser==true)
RequestDispatcher d=request.getRequestDispatcher("blah.jsp");
d.forward(request,response);
else if(checkUser==false)
showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details!</font></b>",request,response);
private void showError(String errorMsg,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws ServletException,IOException
request.setAttribute("error_msg",errorMsg);
RequestDispatcher dispatcher=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_error.jsp");
dispatcher.forward(request,response);
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code.">
/** Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method.
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
processRequest(request, response);
/** Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method.
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
processRequest(request, response);
/** Returns a short description of the servlet.
public String getServletInfo() {
return "Short description";
// </editor-fold>
view
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=utf-8" language="java" import="java.sql.*" errorPage="" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Login</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="564" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="558" bgcolor="#9DACBF" class="style1"><div align="center">
<p> </p>
<h1 class="style7">Welcome to HealthPort</h1>
<p>HealthPort Login</p>
<p><span class="style8">Today's date is:<%= new java.util.Date() %></span></p>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="userCheck">
<p align="right" class="style3">Username
<label></label>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" />
</p>
<p align="right" class="style3">Password
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" />
</p>
<p align="right" class="style3">
<span class="style6">
<label></label>
<label></label>
</span>
<span class="style5">
<label></label>
</span>
<label>
<input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Login" />
</label>
</p>
<div align="right">
</div></form>
<div align="right"><div align="left"><p align="right"> </p>
</div></div></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="style1"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
SLSB (implements userValidationRemote)
* userValidationBean.java
* Created on 26 March 2008, 18:25
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
package Entities;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.ejb.Remote;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.Query;
import Entities.UserTable;
import javax.annotation.*;
//import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
* @author Ayo
@Stateless(mappedName="ejb/facade/userValidationBean")
@Remote(userValidationRemote.class)
(error on this line saying can't find class TransactionManagement)@TransactionManagement(value=TransactionManagementType.CONTAINER)
public class userValidationBean implements Entities.userValidationRemote {
@PersistenceContext(unitName="HealthInsuranceApp-ejbPU") private EntityManager manager;
/** Creates a new instance of userValidationBean */
public userValidationBean() {
//"SELECT u.username,u.password FROM UserTable u WHERE u.username =?1 and u.password=?2"
public boolean authenticate(String p_user,String p_password)
UserTable m_user=manager.find(UserTable.class,p_user);
if(m_user!=null)
return m_user.getPassword().equals(p_password);
return false;
Entity
* UserTable.java
* Created on 29 March 2008, 13:24
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
package Entities;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;
* Entity class UserTable
* @author Ayo
@Entity(name="qs_UserPwd")
@Table(name = "user_table")
public class UserTable implements Serializable {
@Id
@Column(name = "user_id", nullable = false)
private Integer userId;
@Column(name = "username")
private String username;
@Column(name = "password")
private String password;
@Column(name = "user_type")
private String userType;
@Column(name = "access_level")
private String accessLevel;
@Column(name = "staff_id")
private Integer staffId;
@Column(name = "staff_type", nullable = false)
private String staffType;
@Column(name = "time_created")
private String timeCreated;
@Column(name = "time_modified")
private String timeModified;
@Column(name = "time_logged_in")
private String timeLoggedIn;
@Column(name = "time_logged_out")
private String timeLoggedOut;
@Column(name = "created_by")
private String createdBy;
/** Creates a new instance of UserTable */
public UserTable() {
* Creates a new instance of UserTable with the specified values.
* @param userId the userId of the UserTable
public UserTable(Integer userId) {
this.userId = userId;
* Creates a new instance of UserTable with the specified values.
* @param userId the userId of the UserTable
* @param staffType the staffType of the UserTable
public UserTable(Integer userId, String staffType) {
this.userId = userId;
this.staffType = staffType;
public UserTable(String p_user,String p_password)
setUsername(p_user);
setPassword(p_password);
* Gets the userId of this UserTable.
* @return the userId
public Integer getUserId() {
return this.userId;
* Sets the userId of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param userId the new userId
public void setUserId(Integer userId) {
this.userId = userId;
* Gets the username of this UserTable.
* @return the username
public String getUsername() {
return this.username;
* Sets the username of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param username the new username
public void setUsername(String p_user) {
p_user = username;
* Gets the password of this UserTable.
* @return the password
public String getPassword() {
return this.password;
* Sets the password of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param password the new password
public void setPassword(String p_password) {
p_password=password;
* Gets the userType of this UserTable.
* @return the userType
public String getUserType() {
return this.userType;
* Sets the userType of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param userType the new userType
public void setUserType(String userType) {
this.userType = userType;
* Gets the accessLevel of this UserTable.
* @return the accessLevel
public String getAccessLevel() {
return this.accessLevel;
* Sets the accessLevel of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param accessLevel the new accessLevel
public void setAccessLevel(String accessLevel) {
this.accessLevel = accessLevel;
* Gets the staffId of this UserTable.
* @return the staffId
public Integer getStaffId() {
return this.staffId;
* Sets the staffId of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param staffId the new staffId
public void setStaffId(Integer staffId) {
this.staffId = staffId;
* Gets the staffType of this UserTable.
* @return the staffType
public String getStaffType() {
return this.staffType;
* Sets the staffType of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param staffType the new staffType
public void setStaffType(String staffType) {
this.staffType = staffType;
* Gets the timeCreated of this UserTable.
* @return the timeCreated
public String getTimeCreated() {
return this.timeCreated;
* Sets the timeCreated of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param timeCreated the new timeCreated
public void setTimeCreated(String timeCreated) {
this.timeCreated = timeCreated;
* Gets the timeModified of this UserTable.
* @return the timeModified
public String getTimeModified() {
return this.timeModified;
* Sets the timeModified of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param timeModified the new timeModified
public void setTimeModified(String timeModified) {
this.timeModified = timeModified;
* Gets the timeLoggedIn of this UserTable.
* @return the timeLoggedIn
public String getTimeLoggedIn() {
return this.timeLoggedIn;
* Sets the timeLoggedIn of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param timeLoggedIn the new timeLoggedIn
public void setTimeLoggedIn(String timeLoggedIn) {
this.timeLoggedIn = timeLoggedIn;
* Gets the timeLoggedOut of this UserTable.
* @return the timeLoggedOut
public String getTimeLoggedOut() {
return this.timeLoggedOut;
* Sets the timeLoggedOut of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param timeLoggedOut the new timeLoggedOut
public void setTimeLoggedOut(String timeLoggedOut) {
this.timeLoggedOut = timeLoggedOut;
* Gets the createdBy of this UserTable.
* @return the createdBy
public String getCreatedBy() {
return this.createdBy;
* Sets the createdBy of this UserTable to the specified value.
* @param createdBy the new createdBy
public void setCreatedBy(String createdBy) {
this.createdBy = createdBy;
* Returns a hash code value for the object. This implementation computes
* a hash code value based on the id fields in this object.
* @return a hash code value for this object.
@Override
public int hashCode() {
int hash = 0;
hash += (this.userId != null ? this.userId.hashCode() : 0);
return hash;
* Determines whether another object is equal to this UserTable. The result is
* <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not null and is a UserTable object that
* has the same id field values as this object.
* @param object the reference object with which to compare
* @return <code>true</code> if this object is the same as the argument;
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
@Override
public boolean equals(Object object) {
// TODO: Warning - this method won't work in the case the id fields are not set
if (!(object instanceof UserTable)) {
return false;
UserTable other = (UserTable)object;
if (this.userId != other.userId && (this.userId == null || !this.userId.equals(other.userId))) return false;
return true;
* Returns a string representation of the object. This implementation constructs
* that representation based on the id fields.
* @return a string representation of the object.
@Override
public String toString() {
return "Entities.UserTable[userId=" + userId + "]";
please what do I do? or is there a better way? seems like my appserver(sun java system app server 9.1)doesnt support dependency injection as
there's always an exception in the server log when i try it.i use the default transaction provider toplink because use of any of the others raises an exception and my application index page never shows. please i need help? I want to be able to succesfully perform this authentication as its the only way i can move to the next level
Ayo.

FORM based authentication

Hi,
I'm using Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.3 with the embedded oc4j. I have configured for simple FORM based authentication by storing username/password in the principals.xml file.
I am presented with the login form correctly when I try to access a protected resource, but my username/password is always rejected (I'm redirected to the error page after trying to log-in). Can someone pls help??
The relevant portions of the contents of the deployment descriptor files that I'm using:
principals.xml
<principals>
<groups>
<group name="securegroup">
<description>secureusers</description>
</group>
</groups>
<users>
<user username="testuser" password="test">
<description>test user </description>
<group-membership group="securegroup" />
</user>
</users>
</principals>
web.xml
<web-app>
<security-constraint>
<display-name>Example Security Constraint</display-name>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Protected Area</web-resource-name>

<url-pattern>*</url-pattern>

</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>

<role-name>role1</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<realm-name>Example Form-Based Authentication Area</realm-name>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>login.jsp</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>error.jsp</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>

<security-role>
<role-name>role1</role-name>
</security-role>
</web-app>
orion-application.xml
<orion-application>
<security-role-mapping name="role1">
<group name="securegroup" />
</security-role-mapping>
</orion-application>
application.xml (stored in my D:\JDeveloper\jdev\MyProj\MyProject\WEB-INF\src\META-INF folder)
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<!DOCTYPE application PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/application_1_2.dtd">
<application>
<security-role-mapping name="role1">
<group name="securegroup" />
</security-role-mapping>
</application>

REPOST
<br><br>
Keywords: form-login, principals.xml, embedded OC4J, authentication
<p>
Please see http://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jsp?id=1266989
<p>
The provided link does not work.<br><br>
In the application.xml of the OC4j config folder I have comemnted out the: <br> <jazn provider="XML" location="./jazn-data.xml"/>
and added my roles mappings from web.xml :<br>
     <security-role-mapping name="OES_admin">
          <group name="administrators"/>
     </security-role-mapping>
<p>
plus in proncipals.xml have created an entry for my test user:<p>
          <user username="testusr" password="test">
               <description>Just me</description>
               <group-membership group="users" />
               <group-membership group="guests" />
               <group-membership group="administrators" />
          </user>
<p>
And still cannot run Form-authentication from inside jdeveloper .... authentication runs fine when the app is deployed to Tomcat5
<p>
Help Please, I'm using jdev 10.1.2.0
Message was edited by:
omar71

Ask for help with form based authentication & authorization

Hi:
I encountered the following problem when I tried the form based authentication & authorization (see the attached part of the config files, web.xml, weblogic.xml & weblogic.properties)
1. authorization seems not invoked against the rules specfied, it doesn't go the login error page as long as the user/pwd match, even though the user does not have the necessary role
in the example below, user3 should be denied to access the signin page, but seems no login error page returned, actually I never see any page / error message which complain about the authorization / access control error
2. after authenticate correctly, always get redirected to the / (context root) url, instead of the url prior the login page, for e.g., signin page
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance.
HaiMing
attach config files
web.xml
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>MySecureBit1</web-resource-name>
<description>no description</description>
<url-pattern>/control/signin</url-pattern>
<http-method>POST</http-method>
<http-method>GET</http-method>
</web-resource-collection>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<realm-name>default</realm-name>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/control/formbasedlogin</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/control/formbasedloginerror</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>
<security-role>
<description>the customer role</description>
<role-name>customer</role-name>
</security-role>
weblogic.xml
<security-role-assignment>
<role-name>
customer
</role-name>
<principal-name>
customer_group
</security-role-assignment>
weblogic.properties
weblogic.password.user1=user1pass
weblogic.password.user2=user2pass
weblogic.password.user3=user3pass
weblogic.security.group.customer_group=user1,user2

Hi, Paul:
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Firstly let me just correct a little in the attachment I put previously, I think I missed following lines :
<auth-constraint>
<description>no description</description>
<role-name>customer</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
So, user1 & user2 are in the customer group, but user3 not, and /control/singin is protected by this security constraint, as a result, when anyone click the link to /control/singin, he was led to the login page, if he tries to login as user1 & user2, he should pass & led to original page (in this case /control/singin, and my code's logic, once /control/signin is used, means that he already login successfully & redirected to the login success page), but if he tries to login as user3, he should only pass the authentication check, but fail the authorization check, and led to login error page.
What not happen are :
1. user1 & user2 pass, but redirect to /
2. user3 also pass, because I see that debug message shows also get redirected to /, instead of login error page
(login error page will be displayed, only if I try to login as a user with either wrong userid, or wrong password)
3. one more thing I notice after I first time post the message, the container does not remember the principal, after 1. is done, not even for a while
And the similar configuration works under Tomcat 3.2.1, for all 3. mentioned above.
Any idea ?
HaiMing
"Paul Patrick" <[email protected]> wrote:
If I understand what your trying to do, everyone should get access to the
login page since roles are not
associated with principals until after they authenticate. If I follow what
you specified in the XML files,
authenticated users user1 and user2 are members of a group called
customer_group.
The principal customer_group (and therefore its members) is mapped in the
weblogic.xml file to the role
customer.
I can't speak to the reason your being redirected to the document root.
Paul Patrick
"HaiMing" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hi:
I encountered the following problem when I tried the form basedauthentication & authorization (see the attached part of the config files,
web.xml, weblogic.xml & weblogic.properties)
1. authorization seems not invoked against the rules specfied, itdoesn't go the login error page as long as the user/pwd match, even though
the user does not have the necessary role
in the example below, user3 should be denied to access the signinpage, but seems no login error page returned, actually I never see any page
/ error message which complain about the authorization / access control
error
2. after authenticate correctly, always get redirected to the / (contextroot) url, instead of the url prior the login page, for e.g., signin page
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance.
HaiMing
attach config files
web.xml
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
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customer
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customer_group
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I am using form based authentication in JSF .
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WorkingZone.jsp is a jsp page with JSF components.Which can only be invoked with faces context.
I am using JDBCRealm
For the valid user I am getting this error------>
HTTP Status 400 - Invalid direct reference to form login page
type Status report
message Invalid direct reference to form login page
description The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect (Invalid direct reference to form login page).
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Marcos
Hi,
It should help you:
http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/searchAppS
ecurity/downloads/JSF_ch15.pdf
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file realm, to our JDBC connection. Two separate issues.
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I am trying to use a form-based authentication in Tomcat 6, and from what I understand the page that contains the login form can not be a JSF page.
The problem I'm having with this is that I need the client's username and password accessible from my backing bean, but I don't know how to put them there from a standard JSP.
Before all this, I had a simple login form with username/password fields that were bound to a bean, and a button that executed a bean method that would perform the login procedure, retrieve the client's data from the DB and create a Client object in the session to be accessible throughout the application. Now, I need to use container managed access control with form-based authentication, and I know how to set it up but don't know how to create the Client object if the container does all the authentication and I never even get a hold of a username/password combination let alone the rest of the client's data.
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