Hi, I have implemented host event listener similar to org.apache.catalina.startup.UserConfig but with support for multiple webapps per user, automatic deployment and remote user databases on UNIX.
Currently it is available as a separate package that could be added to tomcat6 classpath and referenced in server.xml. Description: http://kryshen.net/userconfig/ Code: http://kryshen.net/userconfig/userconfig-latest.tar.gz Implementation details: Abstract class UserConfig extend HostConfig to reuse automatic deployment functionality. Two concrete implementations of UserConfig are provided: PasswdUserConfig uses local passwd file or getent command to list users and HomesUserConfig reads user home subdirectories in the specified base directory. I do not think it makes sense to have separate UserDatabase interface like in current Tomcat implementation because of tight coupling between the classes: UserDatabase requires UserConfig to access configuration properties and UserConfig have to have all properties needed by all UserDatabase implementations. I could contribute this code as a patch, but need to resolve some issues: - my implementation is not compatible with current UserConfig in Tomcat (brake compatibility or name it differently and provide as an alternative to the original UserConfig?); - it may be better to separate HostConfig methods useful for UserConfig in an abstract class to be extended by HostConfig and UserConfig; - javadoc comments may need correction (I'm not native English). -- Mikhail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
