Package org.dspace.authenticate

Class LDAPAuthentication

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.authenticate.LDAPAuthentication

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationMethod

public class LDAPAuthentication
extends Object
implements AuthenticationMethod

This combined LDAP authentication method supersedes both the 'LDAPAuthentication' and the 'LDAPHierarchicalAuthentication' methods. It's capable of both:

• authentication against a flat LDAP tree where all users are in the same unit (if search.user or search.password is not set)
• authentication against structured hierarchical LDAP trees of users.

An initial bind is required using a user name and password in order to search the tree and find the DN of the user. A second bind is then required to check the credentials of the user by binding directly to their DN.

Author:

Stuart Lewis, Chris Yates, Alex Barbieri, Flavio Botelho, Reuben Pasquini, Samuel Ottenhoff, Ivan Masár

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected AuthenticationService	authenticationService
protected ConfigurationService	configurationService
protected EPersonService	ePersonService
protected GroupService	groupService

Fields inherited from interface org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod

BAD_ARGS, BAD_CREDENTIALS, CERT_REQUIRED, NO_SUCH_USER, SUCCESS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LDAPAuthentication()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	allowSetPassword(Context context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, String username)	Cannot change LDAP password through dspace, right?
int	authenticate(Context context, String netid, String password, String realm, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)	Authenticate the given or implicit credentials.
boolean	canSelfRegister(Context context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, String username)	Let a real auth method return true if it wants.
String	getName()	Returns a short name that uniquely identifies this authentication method
List<Group>	getSpecialGroups(Context context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)	Get list of extra groups that user implicitly belongs to.
void	initEPerson(Context context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, EPerson eperson)	Nothing here, initialization is done when auto-registering.
boolean	isImplicit()	Predicate, is this an implicit authentication method.
String	loginPageURL(Context context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)	Get an external login page to which to redirect.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

authenticationService

protected AuthenticationService authenticationService

ePersonService

protected EPersonService ePersonService

groupService

protected GroupService groupService

configurationService

protected ConfigurationService configurationService

Constructor Detail

LDAPAuthentication

public LDAPAuthentication()

Method Detail

canSelfRegister

public boolean canSelfRegister(Context context,
                               javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                               String username)
                        throws SQLException

Let a real auth method return true if it wants.

Specified by:

canSelfRegister in interface AuthenticationMethod

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

request - HTTP request, in case it's needed. May be null.

username - Username, if available. May be null.

Returns:

true if new ePerson should be created.

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

initEPerson

public void initEPerson(Context context,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                        EPerson eperson)
                 throws SQLException

Nothing here, initialization is done when auto-registering.

Specified by:

initEPerson in interface AuthenticationMethod

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

request - HTTP request, in case it's needed. May be null.

eperson - newly created EPerson record - email + information from the registration form will have been filled out.

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

allowSetPassword

public boolean allowSetPassword(Context context,
                                javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                String username)
                         throws SQLException

Cannot change LDAP password through dspace, right?

Specified by:

allowSetPassword in interface AuthenticationMethod

Parameters:

context - DSpace context

request - HTTP request, in case it's needed. May be null.

username - Username, if available. May be null.

Returns:

true if this method allows user to change ePerson password.

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

isImplicit

public boolean isImplicit()

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationMethod

Predicate, is this an implicit authentication method. An implicit method gets credentials from the environment (such as an HTTP request or even Java system properties) rather than the explicit username and password. For example, a method that reads the X.509 certificates in an HTTPS request is implicit.

Specified by:

isImplicit in interface AuthenticationMethod

Returns:

true if this method uses implicit authentication.

getSpecialGroups

public List<Group> getSpecialGroups(Context context,
                                    javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationMethod

Get list of extra groups that user implicitly belongs to. Note that this method will be invoked regardless of the authentication status of the user (logged-in or not) e.g. a group that depends on the client network-address.

It might make sense to implement this method by itself in a separate authentication method that just adds special groups, if the code doesn't belong with any existing auth method. The stackable authentication system was designed expressly to separate functions into "stacked" methods to keep your site-specific code modular and tidy.

Specified by:

getSpecialGroups in interface AuthenticationMethod

Parameters:

context - A valid DSpace context.

request - The request that started this operation, or null if not applicable.

Returns:

array of EPerson-group IDs, possibly 0-length, but never null.

authenticate

public int authenticate(Context context,
                        String netid,
                        String password,
                        String realm,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
                 throws SQLException

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationMethod

Authenticate the given or implicit credentials. This is the heart of the authentication method: test the credentials for authenticity, and if accepted, attempt to match (or optionally, create) an EPerson. If an EPerson is found it is set in the Context that was passed.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthenticationMethod

Parameters:

context - DSpace context, will be modified (ePerson set) upon success.

netid - Username (or email address) when method is explicit. Use null for implicit method.

password - Password for explicit auth, or null for implicit method.

realm - Realm is an extra parameter used by some authentication methods, leave null if not applicable.

request - The HTTP request that started this operation, or null if not applicable.

Returns:

One of: SUCCESS, BAD_CREDENTIALS, CERT_REQUIRED, NO_SUCH_USER, BAD_ARGS

Meaning:
SUCCESS - authenticated OK.
BAD_CREDENTIALS - user exists, but credentials (e.g. passwd) don't match
CERT_REQUIRED - not allowed to login this way without X.509 cert.
NO_SUCH_USER - user not found using this method.
BAD_ARGS - user/pw not appropriate for this method

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

loginPageURL

public String loginPageURL(Context context,
                           javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                           javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationMethod

Get an external login page to which to redirect. Returns URL (as string) to which to redirect to obtain credentials (either password prompt or e.g. HTTPS port for client cert.); null means no redirect. Note: Starting with DSpace 7, session logins will be managed through the REST API. Therefore, only authn providers with external login pages (such as Shibboleth) should return a login page.

Specified by:

loginPageURL in interface AuthenticationMethod

Parameters:

context - DSpace context, will be modified (ePerson set) upon success.

request - The HTTP request that started this operation, or null if not applicable.

response - The HTTP response from the servlet method.

Returns:

fully-qualified URL or null

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationMethod

Returns a short name that uniquely identifies this authentication method

Specified by:

getName in interface AuthenticationMethod

Returns:

The authentication method name