Active Directory Return Codes
While working with DataPower and Active Directory (acting as the User Repository) I have often run into situation where AD returns an LDAP error code 49 plus a sub-code in the error string that is unique to AD. The sub-code can be very useful to troubleshooting, if you know what it means.
RBM–Administrative Access & Security for DataPower
I generally recommend to clients that DataPower RBM (Role-Based Management) be configured to perform authentication and authorization of DataPower administrators and developers with LDAP. In particular, whatever respository serves as the central repository of user information should be used (of…
J2EE Security Series
An Openldap Directory Server JBoss 4.3.x Setup Adding Groups To OpenLdap Using OpenLdap as a User Repository with JBoss 4.3.x
A Simple Web Application
In order to test J2EE Security with the Security Realm and Openldap User Repository we created in the last article in this series, we need an application to protect. The focus of this article is to create a very simple web application that can be protected by J2EE Security.
Using OpenLdap as a User Repository with JBoss 4.3.x
This article continues our discussion of setting up J2EE Security in a JBoss 4.3.x container. In the last article, we completed the setup of an OpenLdap database that can be used as a User Repository.
Adding Groups To OpenLdap
This article describes how to setup an OpenLdap server and add inetperson user objects. However, the article didn’t describe how to add groups to OpenLdap and add users to the groups.
JAAS Authentication — An Introduction
This article introduces JAAS authentication via a relatively simple example. The example presented here is based upon the Sun tutorial of the same subject. The thinkmiddleware.com example extends the tutorial to use LDAP to authenticate users.
An Openldap Directory Server
The recent JNDI article and an upcoming JAAS article require an LDAP server. This tutorial will walk through the basic details of reproducing the Openldap Server used in these two articles.
JNDI — Java Naming & Directory Interface
While researching an upcoming JAAS article, the decision was made to use JNDI to interact with the Openldap server that was stored user information. JNDI is used extensively in the J2EE landscape; so, exploring JNDI separately from JAAS seemed in order.