Hi, I have anabled authentication usng JAASRealm in Tomcat 5.x
The steps are 1. Security constraints in web.xml - Working 2. JAAS LoginModule implementation - Working because I am able to login. 3. Policy file like this grant CodeBase "file:./struts-blank.war" Principal com.paper.security.filter.Principal "mohan" { permission com.xor.auth.perm.URLPermission "/index.jsp"; permission com.xor.auth.perm.URLPermission "/struts-blank/index.jsp"; permission com.xor.auth.perm.URLPermission "/struts-blank/Welcome.do";}; 4. Struts filter like this HttpServletRequest httpReq = (HttpServletRequest) req; LoginContext lc = *new* LoginContext("WhitePaper", *new* WhitePaperCallbackHandler( httpReq.getRemoteUser(), "javatech" )); logger.info( "Authenticating [" + httpReq.getRequestURI() ); lc.login(); logger.info( "Authenticated" ); Subject s = lc.getSubject(); javax.security.auth.Policy policy = javax.security.auth.Policy.getPolicy(); CodeSource cs = *new* CodeSource(*new* URL("file:./struts-blank.war"), (CodeSigner[])*null*); PermissionCollection perms = policy.getPermissions( s, cs ); *if*( perms!= *null* ) { Enumeration e = perms.elements(); *while*( e.hasMoreElements()) { logger.info( "[" + e.nextElement() + "]"); } } Subject.doAsPrivileged(s, *new* PrivilegedExceptionAction() { *public* Object run() { proceed( req,res,chain ); *return* *null*; } }, *null*); The problem is that I am not able to print any permissions. So I am assuming there is a configuration problem. I am able to login and JAAS itself works fine. Now I am able to type a URL that is not mentioned in the policy file and access it. So my policy file is not taking effect ?? Appreciate any help. Thanks, Mohan