How Does The security-role Mapping Work?

Question

          I am studying the security part of the deployment descriptor. I am confused about
          how the mapping works.
          Suppose we have
          <security-role>
          <role-name>manager</role-name>
          </security-role>
          and
          <security-role-ref>
          <role-name>FOO</role-name>
          <role-link>manager</role-link>
          </security-role-ref>
          My first question is when a client of the servlet supplies a name for authentication,
          the name supplied should be FOO or can be, say, John Smith?
          Then, according to the Servlet Specification, a security role is a logical grouping
          of users defined by the Application Developer
          or Assembler. When the application is deployed, roles are mapped by a Deployer
          to principals or groups in the runtime environment.
          My second question is how deployer maps the role, say, manager, to principals
          or groups in the runtime environment?
          Thanks in advance.
          

Answer 1

          Thanks a lot, Udit.
          "Udit Singh" <[email protected]> wrote:
          >
          >Hello,
          >The role-name is mapped to principals or gruops based on the security-role-assignment
          >entrires in weblogic.xml. Let us say you have a role-name FOO and you
          >want to
          >assing this role to users John and Mark. You need to make this entry
          >in weblogic.xml-
          ><security_role_assignment>
          > <role-name>FOO</role-name>
          > <principal-name>John</principal-name>
          > <principal-name>Mark</principal-name>
          > </security_role_assignment>
          >
          >so now actually the user need to supply John or Mark as user name at
          >the time
          >of authentication . Hope it helps.
          >
          >Udit
          >
          >
          >"[email protected]" entrance wrote:
          >>
          >>I am studying the security part of the deployment descriptor. I am confused
          >>about
          >>how the mapping works.
          >>Suppose we have
          >><security-role>
          >><role-name>manager</role-name>
          >></security-role>
          >>
          >>and
          >>
          >><security-role-ref>
          >><role-name>FOO</role-name>
          >><role-link>manager</role-link>
          >></security-role-ref>
          >>
          >>My first question is when a client of the servlet supplies a name for
          >>authentication,
          >>the name supplied should be FOO or can be, say, John Smith?
          >>
          >>Then, according to the Servlet Specification, a security role is a logical
          >>grouping
          >>of users defined by the Application Developer
          >>or Assembler. When the application is deployed, roles are mapped by
          >a
          >>Deployer
          >>to principals or groups in the runtime environment.
          >>
          >>My second question is how deployer maps the role, say, manager, to principals
          >>or groups in the runtime environment?
          >>
          >>Thanks in advance.
          >>
          >>
          >>
          >