Hi again Tomcat Developpers! (Message re-re-re-sent because attached files did not went through the MailList management program and then Outlook resent an old version of my message): SORRY!
The patch file is accessible: http://www.destin.be/tomcat/NtlmAuthentication.patch The new authenticator class is accessible: http://www.destin.be/tomcat/NtlmAuthenticator.java I wanted to: * centralize the parameterization of user authentication at the container level; * have a simple NTLM authentication for intranet users; * be able to run Tomcat in a Microsoft Active Directory network where the server is secured (absolutely no login allowed to regular users) There is a Microsoft "specification" (bug?) by which all LDAP binds are evaluated on the Domain Server (like if the user was attempting to login on the Domain Server). It would be better to have binds evaluated as if they were originating from the LDAP client machine (the Tomcat Server). To circumvent this, I have been obliged to remove the binding (the password checking) but to ensure that it is NTLM (and nothing else) which provides the username. The users are therefore automatically logged with the username used to log on their PC. The attached patch is for current Apache Tomcat sources (6.0.18). It adds: An NTLM Authenticator: nothing to configure except in the web.xml of each application: <login-config> <auth-method>NTLM</auth-method> <realm-name>ThisIsApassword</realm-name> </login-config> The realm-name is the "password" which ensures that authentication is done by NTLM and no other method. A very long password is strongly recommended. A modified JNDI Realm with new parameters: preAuthenticatedPassword="ThisIsApassword" This to suppress password checking if preAuthenticatedPassword is provided. userIdentification="userPrincipalName" provides a standardized username, whatever the retrieved user name (case of complex userSearch patterns) userNamePrefix and userNameSuffix This to suppress a prefix and/or a suffix from username before returning it to the application: good to suppress domain identification, etc. When you user complex userSearch pattern, this can be very useful. Example: userSearch="(|(sAMAccountName={0})([EMAIL PROTECTED])(userPrincipalName={0}))" userIdentification="userPrincipalName" userNamePrefix="domain\" userNameSuffix="@domain.com" Hopes this can be useful to the community! Please do not hesitate to ask me what I should do to make this contribution perennial. Wishing you a very nice weekend, Christophe Dupriez Centre Antipoisons - Antigifcentrum C/o Hôpital Central de la Base Reine Astrid Rue Bruyn - 1120 Bruxelles - Belgique tel 32-(0)2.264.96.36 fax 32-(0)2.264.96.46
