Hi Ian,
the role handling is a third class:

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1: authentication via database users (tries to connect to the database
using the username/password provided in the request)
2: authentication via table contents (looks up a user with the same name
provided in the request, and verifies the password)
3: adds role to a given user, after it has been authenticated

Cheers
Andrea

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 3:50 PM Ian Turton <ijtur...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 13:33, Andrea Aime <andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ian,
>> there are both functionalities, they are separate classes and are
>> configured in a different way:
>>
>>
>>    - Authenticating using the database own users:
>>    
>> https://docs.geoserver.geo-solutions.it/edu/en/security/jdbc_authentication.html
>>    - Storing credentials in the database, use the table contents for
>>    authentication:
>>    
>> https://docs.geoserver.geo-solutions.it/edu/en/security/jdbcusergroup_services.html
>>
>>
> I think (and I may be wrong) that this one only assigns a role to a
> postgres user (that is why you can set the password field to empty) -  if
> it was intended to work that way I can try to find some time to debug it
> (when I finish this course).
>
>
> Back when we wrote the training material they were both working, not sure
>> about the present.
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure it used to work (when I wrote my training notes too) but
> it's been a while since I had a trainee choose the JDBC path instead of the
> LDAP path through the course (we have a lot of windows users) so I can't
> recall for sure (and if I used ian as my test user then it would have
> worked as I have a DB login).
>
>
>> Just a note, one has to be very careful when using the auth subsystem,
>> many options, lots of complexity. I know I curse every time :-D
>>
>
> Oh, yes that is for sure!
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>> Cheers
>> Andrea
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 12:42 PM Ian Turton <ijtur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Just to check before I break out the debugger:
>>>
>>> When you use JDBC Authentication can it allow any user you create in
>>> GeoServer (which get written in  then tables) login in or does it only
>>> allow the user used for the postgis connection (or other postgis users) to
>>> log in?
>>>
>>> It seems like this is a bug, but I may just be missing something (and I
>>> think I'm not the only one
>>> https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/274834/geoserver-jdbc-user-group-services-problem
>>> )
>>>
>>> I'd be interested if any one is successfully using JDBC authentication
>>> in the wild?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Ian
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