[jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1313) more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13238345#comment-13238345 ] Kevin Dion commented on JAMES-1313: --- The restriction added by requiring the userIdAttribute to be the first part of the DN is overly restrictive, at least in some Windows environments. In Microsoft AD LDAPs, the dn is usually of the form 'cn=Charlie Brown,dc=domain,dc=org' where cn is the 'Common', or full name of the individual. The mail username would usually be specified elsewhere in the user object, and the flexibility of allowing for attributes other than the dn for login is essential in many instances. > more effective getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository > > > Key: JAMES-1313 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313 > Project: JAMES Server > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: UsersStore & UsersRepository >Affects Versions: 3.0-beta3 >Reporter: Peter Kvokacka >Assignee: Norman Maurer >Priority: Minor > Labels: patch > Fix For: 3.0-beta4 > > Attachments: ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.patch > > > Hello > I'd like to use james in my current project, but I find LDAP implementation > of usersRepository to be not very effective. > Especially method getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository seems to search all > users in LDAP with userBase and after that it goes through the result in > memory and looking for specific user. Which produce search like this with > potencialy big resultset: > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 base="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > scope=wholeSubtree filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" > attrs="distinguishedName" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 result=0 nentries=438 etime=169 > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 > base="uid=somebody,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=*)" attrs="ALL" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > ... X more, where X is size-1 of userBase subtree > I suggest a patch that (at least in my case) does simple search instead: > class="org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository" > ldapHost="ldaps://ldap.mycomapny.local:1636" > principal="cn=admin" > credentials="***" > userBase="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > userIdAttribute="uid" > userObjectClass="inetOrgPerson"/> > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 > base="uid=test0123,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" attrs="uid" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > There is only one assumption that distinguishedName for each entry in > userBase is "userIdAttribute=$name,userBase", where $name is username. I > don't think of it as of a strong restriction, but you should consider that > and decide for yourself. It works just fine for me. > Also it looks like getUserByNameCaseInsensitive(String name) is not used > anywhere, so you can stick with current implementation for now. > Peter > Index: > src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > === > --- src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (revision 1169673) > +++ src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (working copy) > @@ -351,16 +351,23 @@ > * Propagated by the underlying LDAP communication layer. > */ > private ReadOnlyLDAPUser buildUser(String userDN) throws NamingException > { > -ReadOnlyLDAPUser result; > > -Attributes userAttributes = > ldapConnection.getLdapContext().getAttributes(userDN); > +SearchControls sc = new SearchControls(); > +sc.setSearchScope(SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE); > +sc.setReturningAttributes(new String[] {userIdAttribute}); > +sc.setCountLimit(1); > + > +NamingEnumeration sr = > ldapConnection.getLdapContext().search(userDN, "(objectClass=" + > userObjectClass + ")", sc); > + > +if (!sr.hasMore()) > +return null; > + > +Attributes userAttributes = sr.next().getAttributes(); > Attribute userName = userAttributes.get(userIdAttribute); > + > +return new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), userDN, > ldapHost); > + } > > -result = new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), userDN, > ldapHost); > - > -return result; > -} > - > /* > * (non-Javadoc) > * > @@ -425,23 +432,14 @@ >
[jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1313) more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13244140#comment-13244140 ] Peter Kvokacka commented on JAMES-1313: --- I'm not an LDAP expert. As I wrote, the previous patch I provided, works fine for me and has the restriction. As it seems it doesn't work for Kevin, I made quick changes to support his case as well. I tested it quickly on my james 3.0 beta3 setup and it works. I suggest these changes to beta4 code base. I don't have time to test it on beta4, because to get beta4 work can take some time, I suppose, because of many changes between beta3 and beta4. The main idea of the patch is to replace search with potencialy huge result-set (all user in your userBase) with single search for one user. Therefore I created new method searchAndBuildUser() instead of buildUser() and I used it in getUserByName(). It makes ldap search like this ldapContext.search(userBase,"(&(${userIdAttribute}=${name})(objectClass=${userObjectClass}))") where userBase, userIdAttribure and userObjectClass are attributes from configuration and name is "mail user name" as Kevin named it. I'm not sure how quick would be the search on LDAP with many users, certainly longer than my previous suggestion, but still I think more efficient than original implementation. I also return previous implementation of buildUser() as it is used in buildUserCollection() in case of listing all users where the previous implementation is perfectly fine. Peter > more effective getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository > > > Key: JAMES-1313 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313 > Project: JAMES Server > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: UsersStore & UsersRepository >Affects Versions: 3.0-beta3 >Reporter: Peter Kvokacka >Assignee: Norman Maurer >Priority: Minor > Labels: patch > Fix For: 3.0-beta4 > > Attachments: ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.2.patch, > ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.for3.0beta4_wholeFile, > ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.patch > > > Hello > I'd like to use james in my current project, but I find LDAP implementation > of usersRepository to be not very effective. > Especially method getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository seems to search all > users in LDAP with userBase and after that it goes through the result in > memory and looking for specific user. Which produce search like this with > potencialy big resultset: > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 base="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > scope=wholeSubtree filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" > attrs="distinguishedName" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 result=0 nentries=438 etime=169 > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 > base="uid=somebody,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=*)" attrs="ALL" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > ... X more, where X is size-1 of userBase subtree > I suggest a patch that (at least in my case) does simple search instead: > class="org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository" > ldapHost="ldaps://ldap.mycomapny.local:1636" > principal="cn=admin" > credentials="***" > userBase="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > userIdAttribute="uid" > userObjectClass="inetOrgPerson"/> > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 > base="uid=test0123,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" attrs="uid" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > There is only one assumption that distinguishedName for each entry in > userBase is "userIdAttribute=$name,userBase", where $name is username. I > don't think of it as of a strong restriction, but you should consider that > and decide for yourself. It works just fine for me. > Also it looks like getUserByNameCaseInsensitive(String name) is not used > anywhere, so you can stick with current implementation for now. > Peter > Index: > src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > === > --- src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (revision 1169673) > +++ src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (working copy) > @@ -351,16 +351,23 @@ > * Propagated by the underlying LDAP communication layer. > */ > private ReadOnlyLDAPUser buildUser(String userDN) throws NamingException > { > -ReadOnlyLDAPUser result; > > -Attribute
[jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1313) more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13244145#comment-13244145 ] Eric Charles commented on JAMES-1313: - Peter patch.2 committed in http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1308311&view=rev. @Kevin Could test test and tell us if it succeeds for you? > more effective getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository > > > Key: JAMES-1313 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313 > Project: JAMES Server > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: UsersStore & UsersRepository >Affects Versions: 3.0-beta3 >Reporter: Peter Kvokacka >Assignee: Norman Maurer >Priority: Minor > Labels: patch > Fix For: 3.0-beta4 > > Attachments: ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.2.patch, > ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.for3.0beta4_wholeFile, > ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.patch > > > Hello > I'd like to use james in my current project, but I find LDAP implementation > of usersRepository to be not very effective. > Especially method getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository seems to search all > users in LDAP with userBase and after that it goes through the result in > memory and looking for specific user. Which produce search like this with > potencialy big resultset: > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 base="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > scope=wholeSubtree filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" > attrs="distinguishedName" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 result=0 nentries=438 etime=169 > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 > base="uid=somebody,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=*)" attrs="ALL" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > ... X more, where X is size-1 of userBase subtree > I suggest a patch that (at least in my case) does simple search instead: > class="org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository" > ldapHost="ldaps://ldap.mycomapny.local:1636" > principal="cn=admin" > credentials="***" > userBase="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > userIdAttribute="uid" > userObjectClass="inetOrgPerson"/> > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 > base="uid=test0123,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" attrs="uid" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > There is only one assumption that distinguishedName for each entry in > userBase is "userIdAttribute=$name,userBase", where $name is username. I > don't think of it as of a strong restriction, but you should consider that > and decide for yourself. It works just fine for me. > Also it looks like getUserByNameCaseInsensitive(String name) is not used > anywhere, so you can stick with current implementation for now. > Peter > Index: > src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > === > --- src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (revision 1169673) > +++ src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (working copy) > @@ -351,16 +351,23 @@ > * Propagated by the underlying LDAP communication layer. > */ > private ReadOnlyLDAPUser buildUser(String userDN) throws NamingException > { > -ReadOnlyLDAPUser result; > > -Attributes userAttributes = > ldapConnection.getLdapContext().getAttributes(userDN); > +SearchControls sc = new SearchControls(); > +sc.setSearchScope(SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE); > +sc.setReturningAttributes(new String[] {userIdAttribute}); > +sc.setCountLimit(1); > + > +NamingEnumeration sr = > ldapConnection.getLdapContext().search(userDN, "(objectClass=" + > userObjectClass + ")", sc); > + > +if (!sr.hasMore()) > +return null; > + > +Attributes userAttributes = sr.next().getAttributes(); > Attribute userName = userAttributes.get(userIdAttribute); > + > +return new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), userDN, > ldapHost); > + } > > -result = new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), userDN, > ldapHost); > - > -return result; > -} > - > /* > * (non-Javadoc) > * > @@ -425,23 +432,14 @@ > */ > public User getUserByName(String name) throws UsersRepositoryException { > try { > -Iterator userIt = > buildUserCollection(getValidUsers()).iterator(); > -while (userIt.hasNext()) { > -
[jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1313) more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13102640#comment-13102640 ] Norman Maurer commented on JAMES-1313: -- Could you upload the patch as diff and check the ASF grant box ? > more effective getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository > > > Key: JAMES-1313 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313 > Project: JAMES Server > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: UsersStore & UsersRepository >Affects Versions: 3.0-beta3 >Reporter: Peter Kvokacka >Priority: Minor > Labels: patch > Fix For: 3.0-beta3 > > > Hello > I'd like to use james in my current project, but I find LDAP implementation > of usersRepository to be not very effective. > Especially method getUserByName(String name) in > org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository seems to search all > users in LDAP with userBase and after that it goes through the result in > memory and looking for specific user. Which produce search like this with > potencialy big resultset: > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 base="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > scope=wholeSubtree filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" > attrs="distinguishedName" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 result=0 nentries=438 etime=169 > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 > base="uid=somebody,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=*)" attrs="ALL" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > ... X more, where X is size-1 of userBase subtree > I suggest a patch that (at least in my case) does simple search instead: > class="org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository" > ldapHost="ldaps://ldap.mycomapny.local:1636" > principal="cn=admin" > credentials="***" > userBase="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" > userIdAttribute="uid" > userObjectClass="inetOrgPerson"/> > SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 > base="uid=test0123,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject > filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" attrs="uid" > SEARCH RES conn=26 op=1 msgID=2 result=0 nentries=1 etime=1 > There is only one assumption that distinguishedName for each entry in > userBase is "userIdAttribute=$name,userBase", where $name is username. I > don't think of it as of a strong restriction, but you should consider that > and decide for yourself. It works just fine for me. > Also it looks like getUserByNameCaseInsensitive(String name) is not used > anywhere, so you can stick with current implementation for now. > Peter > Index: > src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > === > --- src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (revision 1169673) > +++ src/main/java/org/apache/james/user/ldap/ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java > (working copy) > @@ -351,16 +351,23 @@ > * Propagated by the underlying LDAP communication layer. > */ > private ReadOnlyLDAPUser buildUser(String userDN) throws NamingException > { > -ReadOnlyLDAPUser result; > > -Attributes userAttributes = > ldapConnection.getLdapContext().getAttributes(userDN); > +SearchControls sc = new SearchControls(); > +sc.setSearchScope(SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE); > +sc.setReturningAttributes(new String[] {userIdAttribute}); > +sc.setCountLimit(1); > + > +NamingEnumeration sr = > ldapConnection.getLdapContext().search(userDN, "(objectClass=" + > userObjectClass + ")", sc); > + > +if (!sr.hasMore()) > +return null; > + > +Attributes userAttributes = sr.next().getAttributes(); > Attribute userName = userAttributes.get(userIdAttribute); > + > +return new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), userDN, > ldapHost); > + } > > -result = new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), userDN, > ldapHost); > - > -return result; > -} > - > /* > * (non-Javadoc) > * > @@ -425,23 +432,14 @@ > */ > public User getUserByName(String name) throws UsersRepositoryException { > try { > -Iterator userIt = > buildUserCollection(getValidUsers()).iterator(); > -while (userIt.hasNext()) { > -ReadOnlyLDAPUser u = userIt.next(); > -if (u.getUserName().equals(name)) { > -return u; > -} > -} > - > +return buildUser(userIdAttribute + "=" + name + "," + userBase); > } catch (NamingException
Re: [jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1313) more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository
Hello guys I'm not an LDAP expert. As I wrote, the patch I provided, works fine for me and has the restriction. As it seems it doesn't work for Kevin, I made quick changes to support his case as well. I tested it quickly on my james 3.0 beta3 setup and it works. I suggest these changes to beta4 code base. I don't have time to test it on beta4, because to get beta4 work can take some time, I suppose, because of many changes between beta3 and beta4. The main idea of the patch is to replace search with potencialy huge result-set (all user in your userBase) with single search for one user. Therefore I created new method searchAndBuildUser() instead buildUser() and I used it in getUserByName(). It makes ldap search like this ldapContext.search(userBase, "(&(${userIdAttribute}=${name})(objectClass=${userObjectClass}))") where userBase, userIdAttribure and userObjectClass are attributes from configuration and name is "mail user name" as Kevin named it. I'm not sure how quick would by the search on LDAP with many users, certainly longer then my previous suggestion, but still I think more efficient than original implementation. public User getUserByName(String name) throws UsersRepositoryException { try { return searchAndBuildUser(name); } catch (NamingException e) { log.error("Unable to retrieve user from ldap", e); throw new UsersRepositoryException("Unable to retrieve user from ldap", e); } } private ReadOnlyLDAPUser searchAndBuildUser(String name) throws NamingException { SearchControls sc = new SearchControls(); sc.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE); sc.setReturningAttributes(new String[] { userIdAttribute }); sc.setCountLimit(1); StringBuilder builderFilter = new StringBuilder("(&("); builderFilter.append(userIdAttribute).append("=").append(name).append(")") .append("(objectClass=").append(userObjectClass).append("))"); NamingEnumeration sr = ldapContext.search(userBase, builderFilter.toString(), sc); if (!sr.hasMore()) return null; SearchResult r = sr.next(); Attribute userName = r.getAttributes().get(userIdAttribute); if (!restriction.isActivated() || userInGroupsMembershipList(r.getNameInNamespace(), restriction .getGroupMembershipLists(ldapContext))) return new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), r.getNameInNamespace(), ldapContext); return null; } Another idea would be to implement some cache mechanism which will cache result of buildUserCollection() and do LDAP search only if necessary. Peter On 26. 3. 2012 14:58, Kevin Dion (Commented) (JIRA) wrote: [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13238345#comment-13238345 ] Kevin Dion commented on JAMES-1313: --- The restriction added by requiring the userIdAttribute to be the first part of the DN is overly restrictive, at least in some Windows environments. In Microsoft AD LDAPs, the dn is usually of the form 'cn=Charlie Brown,dc=domain,dc=org' where cn is the 'Common', or full name of the individual. The mail username would usually be specified elsewhere in the user object, and the flexibility of allowing for attributes other than the dn for login is essential in many instances. more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository Key: JAMES-1313 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313 Project: JAMES Server Issue Type: Improvement Components: UsersStore& UsersRepository Affects Versions: 3.0-beta3 Reporter: Peter Kvokacka Assignee: Norman Maurer Priority: Minor Labels: patch Fix For: 3.0-beta4 Attachments: ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.patch Hello I'd like to use james in my current project, but I find LDAP implementation of usersRepository to be not very effective. Especially method getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository seems to search all users in LDAP with userBase and after that it goes through the result in memory and looking for specific user. Which produce search like this with potencialy big resultset: SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 base="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=wholeSubtree filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" attrs="distinguishedName" SEARCH RES conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 result=0 nentries=438 etime=169 SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 base="uid=somebody,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=baseObject filter="(objectClass=*)" attrs="ALL" SE
Re: [jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1313) more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository
Hi Peter, Best to bring your comment on the JAMES-1313 so we can keep trace of it: - For now I have to tag your mail in my folder, but there's a high risk it will get forgotten... - You talk about a patch but the mailing list removes attachment. I you have a patch, you have to upload it via JAMES-1313 and grant ASF for th rights. Doing such, the information is centralized and chance to come to a solution will be higher. Thx again, Eric On 28/03/12 16:42, Peter Kvokacka wrote: Hello guys I'm not an LDAP expert. As I wrote, the patch I provided, works fine for me and has the restriction. As it seems it doesn't work for Kevin, I made quick changes to support his case as well. I tested it quickly on my james 3.0 beta3 setup and it works. I suggest these changes to beta4 code base. I don't have time to test it on beta4, because to get beta4 work can take some time, I suppose, because of many changes between beta3 and beta4. The main idea of the patch is to replace search with potencialy huge result-set (all user in your userBase) with single search for one user. Therefore I created new method searchAndBuildUser() instead buildUser() and I used it in getUserByName(). It makes ldap search like this ldapContext.search(userBase, "(&(${userIdAttribute}=${name})(objectClass=${userObjectClass}))") where userBase, userIdAttribure and userObjectClass are attributes from configuration and name is "mail user name" as Kevin named it. I'm not sure how quick would by the search on LDAP with many users, certainly longer then my previous suggestion, but still I think more efficient than original implementation. public User getUserByName(String name) throws UsersRepositoryException { try { return searchAndBuildUser(name); } catch (NamingException e) { log.error("Unable to retrieve user from ldap", e); throw new UsersRepositoryException("Unable to retrieve user from ldap", e); } } private ReadOnlyLDAPUser searchAndBuildUser(String name) throws NamingException { SearchControls sc = new SearchControls(); sc.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE); sc.setReturningAttributes(new String[] { userIdAttribute }); sc.setCountLimit(1); StringBuilder builderFilter = new StringBuilder("(&("); builderFilter.append(userIdAttribute).append("=").append(name).append(")") .append("(objectClass=").append(userObjectClass).append("))"); NamingEnumeration sr = ldapContext.search(userBase, builderFilter.toString(), sc); if (!sr.hasMore()) return null; SearchResult r = sr.next(); Attribute userName = r.getAttributes().get(userIdAttribute); if (!restriction.isActivated() || userInGroupsMembershipList(r.getNameInNamespace(), restriction .getGroupMembershipLists(ldapContext))) return new ReadOnlyLDAPUser(userName.get().toString(), r.getNameInNamespace(), ldapContext); return null; } Another idea would be to implement some cache mechanism which will cache result of buildUserCollection() and do LDAP search only if necessary. Peter On 26. 3. 2012 14:58, Kevin Dion (Commented) (JIRA) wrote: [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13238345#comment-13238345 ] Kevin Dion commented on JAMES-1313: --- The restriction added by requiring the userIdAttribute to be the first part of the DN is overly restrictive, at least in some Windows environments. In Microsoft AD LDAPs, the dn is usually of the form 'cn=Charlie Brown,dc=domain,dc=org' where cn is the 'Common', or full name of the individual. The mail username would usually be specified elsewhere in the user object, and the flexibility of allowing for attributes other than the dn for login is essential in many instances. more effective getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository Key: JAMES-1313 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1313 Project: JAMES Server Issue Type: Improvement Components: UsersStore& UsersRepository Affects Versions: 3.0-beta3 Reporter: Peter Kvokacka Assignee: Norman Maurer Priority: Minor Labels: patch Fix For: 3.0-beta4 Attachments: ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository.java.patch Hello I'd like to use james in my current project, but I find LDAP implementation of usersRepository to be not very effective. Especially method getUserByName(String name) in org.apache.james.user.ldap.ReadOnlyUsersLDAPRepository seems to search all users in LDAP with userBase and after that it goes through the result in memory and looking for specific user. Which produce search like this with potencialy big resultset: SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 base="ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=sk" scope=wholeSubtree filter="(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)" attrs="distinguishedName" SEARCH RES conn=26 op=6 msgID=7 result=0 nentries=438 etime=169 SEARCH REQ conn=26 op=7 msgID=8 base="uid=somebody,ou=people,dc=mycompany,dc=s