HI, I have a problem with JNDIRealm.
I have this context.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context path="/test" docBase="test" debug="0" privileged="false" reloadable="false"> <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm" connectionName="uid=tomcat,ou=appli,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr" connectionPassword="g72jfacc" digest="SHA" connectionURL="ldap://ldapmasta:1389" userBase="ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr" userSearch="(supannAliasLogin={0})" roleBase="ou=appli,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr" roleSubtree="true" roleName="cn" roleSearch="(member={0})" debug="99"/> <!--resourceName="UserDatabase" /--> </Context> And this web.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd"> <web-app> <display-name>My secure webapp</display-name> <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>My secure webapp</web-resource-name> <description> accessible by authenticated users of the admin role</description> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> <http-method>GET</http-method> <http-method>POST</http-method> <http-method>PUT</http-method> <http-method>DELETE</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <description>These roles are allowed access</description> <role-name>tomcat admin agenda</role-name> </auth-constraint> </security-constraint> <login-config> <auth-method>FORM</auth-method> <realm-name>My secure webapp</realm-name> <form-login-config> <form-login-page>/login.html</form-login-page> <form-error-page>/autherr.html</form-error-page> <form-default-page>/index.html</form-default-page> </form-login-config> </login-config> <security-role> <description>Only 'admin' role is allowed to access this web application</description> <role-name>tomcat admin agenda</role-name> </security-role> </web-app> I want to authenticate users and get their Roles but in my tomcat.log I have : DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - entry found for aurelien.allienne with dn uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - entry found for aurelien.allienne with dn uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - validating credentials by binding as the user DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - validating credentials by binding as the user DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - binding as uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - binding as uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - Username aurelien.allienne successfully authenticated DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - Username aurelien.allienne successfully authenticated DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - getRoles(uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr) DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - getRoles(uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr) DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - filter :(member=uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr) DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - filter :(member=uid=43316,ou=people,dc=univ-lille2,dc=fr) DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - Returning 0 roles DEBUG http-8080-Processor25 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test] - Returning 0 roles In my ldap i have a "super user" name tomcat who can see all information. I use it for log in. After I search after a user and this roles. But there is a problem. I have a group in ldap "tomcat admin agenda" and a user for this group, me :) Thanks for your help Aurelien Allienne