hi attila thank you. can u give some pointers on bind authentication method.
thanks. regards jay On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 Attila Szegedi wrote : > Netscape 4.x versions don't implement DIGEST > authentication. When faced with a DIGEST auth, Netscape > 4.x will ask the user for a username and password, and > send the server a BASIC auth. This is why you're seeing > base64 encoded header in a Netscape request - it's > BASIC auth, not DIGEST auth. > > -- > Attila Szegedi > home: http://www.szegedi.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jay n gaba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 2002. február 18. 15:50 > Subject: Re: RE: Digest authentication problem > > > > hi > i am facing the same problem. there is a problem while > using the digest authentication mode. it seems the > password format return by ldap,in my case netscape > directory structure, is different than one used by the > digest class of tomcat.netscape uses base64 encoding > while tomcat uses some hash functionality. so the > authentication fails. > > solving this is in the to do list. if u wish there are > 2 ways to solve it urself. > 1. make changes to JNDIRealm class. > 2. binding user to ldap using bind authentication, > which i am not very clear. I am trying to search on > this. > > regards > jay > > ps: check previous mail archives for more details. > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 Meurant , Gerald wrote : > > I forgot to mention that it´s a tomcat 4.01 . > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > De: Meurant , Gerald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > el- > > .es] > > Enviado el: lunes, 18 de febrero de 2002 13:23 > > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Asunto: Digest authentication problem > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a tomcat server using a JNDI-Realm to > > authenticate against a LDAP > > server. It works fine when using the BASIC > > authentication mode, but it > > doesn´t work when specifying the DIGEST > authentication > > mode. > > There´s no error message in tomcat, neither in the > LDAP > > server, so I used a > > sniffer to watch the network traffic and the > > communication between the 2 > > servers : there´s no communication !! > > So I think the problem has its origin in tomcat. I > post > > the realm > > description of the server.xml (I replaced the lines > > that specified my ldap > > server, the connection works in basic mode anyway) : > > > > <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm"- > > > debug="4" > > connectionName="cn=administrador" > > connectionPassword="mypassword" > > connectionURL="ldap://myserver:389"; > > roleBase="dc=roles,o=artic,c=es" > > roleName="cn" > > roleSearch="(uniqueMember={0})" > > roleSubtree="false" > > userPassword="userPassword" > > userPattern="cn={0},o=artic,c=es" > > digest="MD5" > > /> > > > > I would really apreciate any help, my searches on the > > net and in the doc are > > not giving me any result. Is the realm descriptor > > correct ? Thanks. > > > > Gerald. > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jaka- > rt- > > a.apache.org> > > For additional commands: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@jaka- > rt- > > a.apache.org> > > Troubles with the list: <mailto:tomcat-user-owner@jaka- > rt- > > a.apache.org> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jaka- > rt- > > a.apache.org> > > For additional commands: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@jaka- > rt- > > a.apache.org> > > Troubles with the list: <mailto:tomcat-user-owner@jaka- > rt- > > a.apache.org> > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jakart- > a.apache.org> > For additional commands: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@jakart- > a.apache.org> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:tomcat-user-owner@jakart- > a.apache.org> > > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
