I just did this, and found it extremely simple. I eventually went away from the tagish / http://www.mooreds.com/jaas.html solution.
Three steps is all it takes: -1- add this to your struts-config <controller processorClass="com.ourcompany.portal.site.struts.action.CustomRequestProces sor"/> -2- Code // The Struts Tiles plugin implements its own RequestProcessor, so if you want // to use your RequestProcessor alongside the Tiles' RequestProcessor, make // sure your processor extends TilesRequestProcessor instead of RequestProcessor public class CustomRequestProcessor extends TilesRequestProcessor { protected boolean processRoles(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ActionMapping mapping) throws IOException, ServletException { // Is this action protected by role requirements? String roles[] = mapping.getRoleNames(); if ((roles == null) || (roles.length < 1)) { return (true); } // Check the current user against the list of required roles HttpSession session = request.getSession(); User user = (User) session.getAttribute("user"); if (user == null) { response.sendRedirect("noSessionAvailable.do"); return false; } for (int i = 0; i < roles.length; i++) { if (user.hasRole(roles[i])) { return (true); } } response.sendRedirect("errorNotAuthorized.do"); return (false); } } -3- add roles attributes to your action elements in struts-config <action path="/billingInformationEdit" type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" parameter="/pages/billingInformationEdit.jsp" roles="registeredUser" > <set-property property="secure" value="true"/> </action> HTH - Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: David Friedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:15 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Specifying JAAS permission on a per-action basis > > Pow2ACL http://pow2acl.sourceforge.net/index.html > might fit your JAAS high-end needs. It also integrates > with Struts. > > Regards, > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Lipscombe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:02 AM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: Specifying JAAS permission on a per-action basis > > > Folks, > > > I am using JAAS with the Tagish libraries to authenticate > users via a JDBC > lookup. This works. > > > What I need to do now is to specify permissions on an action-by-action > basis, but I am unclear about how this is achieved... > > Dan Moore's excellent tutorial at > http://www.mooreds.com/jaas.html shows an > example of setting permissions via a policy configuration > file ("Example 8. > Sample JAAS policy file"). > > I have also read that its possible to specify permission via a "roles" > attribute on the action mapping definition in the > struts-config.xml file. > > > Does anyone know if these approaches to permission setting > are complimentary > or mutually exclusive? > Does anyone know which is the best? > > I would prefer to set the perms in struts-config if possible, > if only to > keep all the config in the same file. An example of setting > perms this way > would be great. > > > > TIA - Adam > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]