Wwsso_auth_external in 9.0.2

Question

The authenticate_user (p_user,p_password) in the 3.0.9 version of wwsso_auth_external has to be implemented via an OID plugin in 9.0.2, which I have done.
However, in 3.0.9, we were able to set a browser cookie to a value we determine in the authenticate_user function, by setting a private package variable to the desired value, then have the set_external_cookies procedure read that value.
Now I get the value I need to set the cookie to in the OID plugin. I have not found a way to set a browser cookie with that value. The set_external_cookies executes after the plugin package, but cannot get the value from the plugin package.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Hi Amine,
thank you very much for the procedure you posted. It is very helpful.
I have been trying the same exact steps you mentioned, but for some reason my plug-in procedure never called.
Here is what i did:
1)
trying to insert a record into a log table i created with the parameters from the plug-in procedure like...
l_session DBMS_LDAP.session;
l_retval PLS_INTEGER:=-1;
l_bind_error EXCEPTION;
BEGIN
     INSERT INTO ods.when_comp_log VALUES (to_char(sysdate, 'Month DD, YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), dn, attrname, attrval);
     COMMIT;
IF attrname = 'userpassword' THEN
-- call your own authentication here, then
IF success THEN
result := DBMS_LDAP.compare_true;
ELSE
and granted
grant execute on ods.oid_wsl_plugin to ods_server;
2)Registered the plugin with an ldif file:
cn=when_compare_replace,cn=plugin,cn=subconfigsubentry
objectclass=orclPluginConfig
objectclass=top
orclPluginName=OID_WSL_PLUGIN
orclPluginType=operational
orclPluginTiming=when
orclPluginLDAPOperation=ldapcompare
orclPluginEnable=1
orclPluginSubscriberDNList=cn=users,dc=localhost,dc=com;dc=localhost,dc=com;o=localhost,dc=com;
orclPluginVersion=1.0.1
orclPluginIsReplace=1
cn=when_compare_replace
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