Secure default Jetspeed demo installer configuration requiring end user to 
provide admin passwords and choice of enabling the usage of the Tomcat manager  
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                 Key: JS2-1258
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JS2-1258
             Project: Jetspeed 2
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Installer
    Affects Versions: 2.2.1
            Reporter: Ate Douma
             Fix For: 2.2.2


The Jetspeed demo installer uses a convenient default username/password 
configuration which makes it easy for end-users to get started.
However this also poses a potential security risk if some "type" of users would 
blindly install this in a public accessible way, without adjusting the default 
configuration.
To protect such users from hurting themselves, we must force them to make this 
an explicit choice, and by default only provide a restricted (limited) 
configuration.

To this end, the Installer will be modified to:

a) Require the installing user to specify a password for the Jetspeed Portal 
admin user

b) Make enabling the usage of the Tomcat manager optional and disabled by 
default
The Tomcat manager is needed by the Portlet Application Manager to 
start/stop/delete Portlet Applications.
To enable the usage of the Tomcat manager, installing user is required to 
specify (both) the Tomcat user name and password to be granted the Tomcat 
"manager" role.
If no username/password is provided, no Tomcat user will be enabled and thus 
usage of the Tomcat manager not possible. 

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