Hi guys,
Some security stuff is in CVS now. I'll post tomorrow with an
explanation of what's there and what needs to be done. I did a
clean checkout and it compiles and runs, but be sure to let me
know if anyone has problems...
-Dan
On 6 Aug 00, at 17:26, Dan OConnor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Messed up my local CVS. :-( Might be a while...
>
> -Dan
>
> On 6 Aug 00, at 16:27, Dan OConnor wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm about to attempt to check in some files related to security.
> > Since no one had any objections to the architecture I proposed, I
> > have basically a "no-op" skeleton for it: static client methods to set
> > the principal and credential; role mapping that eliminates the
> > indirection and uses the role as-is; no bean-to-bean context
> > propagation; and authentication that just checks the password by
> > making sure it is the same as the user name. We can add more
> > realistic functionality next. (If there is a null principal,
> > authentication/authorization is skipped. This is so people who want
> > to can play with the security stuff, and people who don't can ignore
> > it for now.)
> >
> > I've never used CVS before, so I apologize in advance for all the
> > chaos I'm about to cause. (I had to change a lot of key files, for
> > things like propagation of security contexts...)
> >
> > -Dan
> >
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