WebLogic Server doesn't start after configuring a Custom Realm

Question

Hi,
We are having problems getting WebLogic server to startup after configuring a
Custom Realm. It outputs the error message "User System not authorized to boot
WebLogic Server. Security Excpetion".
For debugging purposed we had our Custom Realm classes output some debug statements
to the console. From the output it was apparent that all the users were getting
authenticated properly including System, Administrator, wliSystem etc. But after
the initial authentications we get this error message. I am attaching the log
file for your reference. Do we have to implement Authorization also (by implementing
ACLImpl) in the Custom Realm. Our Custom Realm was planned to be used only for
authentication.
Appreciate any feedback on the cause of the problem.
Thanks
Vikram
[test.log]

Answer 1

Thanks Deyan. I will give it a try and let you know.
"Deyan D. Bektchiev" <[email protected]> wrote:
Vikram,
You should make your user that you use to startup the server a member
of
the Administrators group.
In other words there should be a Principal "Administrators" in the
Subject that your LoginModule returns.
I'm not sure if you can configure this afterwards but this is how it's
done out of the box.
Dejan
Vikram wrote:
Mike,
We are working with a Platform domain on Weblogic 7.0. When you implementa custom
realm it can be implemented just for authentication and not for authorization.
In our case we used the Custom Realm only for authentication. ACLs storeall the
authorization information. We assumed that the standard Weblogic useraccounts
like system, administrator are already part of the ACLs with the appropriateprivileges.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks
Vikram
"mike" <[email protected]> wrote:
You mix up authentication and authorization. The fact that a user is
a valid user
(authentication) does not guarantee that he/she can perform a certain
action (authorization).
The second is defined by ACLs or something, which is probably (most
likely)
not
set in your case. To go on ranting I need to know which version youare
on (looks
like 7, grey area for me).
"Vikram" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
We are having problems getting WebLogic server to startup after configuring
a
Custom Realm. It outputs the error message "User System not authorized
to boot
WebLogic Server. Security Excpetion".
For debugging purposed we had our Custom Realm classes output some
debug
statements
to the console. From the output it was apparent that all the userswere
getting
authenticated properly including System, Administrator, wliSystemetc.
But after
the initial authentications we get this error message. I am attaching
the log
file for your reference. Do we have to implement Authorization also
(by
implementing
ACLImpl) in the Custom Realm. Our Custom Realm was planned to be used
only for
authentication.
Appreciate any feedback on the cause of the problem.
Thanks
Vikram