Package org.glassfish.security.common

Class FileRealmHelper

java.lang.Object
org.glassfish.security.common.FileRealmHelper
public final class FileRealmHelper extends Object
Helper class for implementing file password authentication.

This class provides administration methods for the file realm. It is used by the FileRealm class to provide the FileRealm functionality. But some administration classes that need direct access to the File without using the security module use this class directly.

Format of the keyfile used by this class is one line per user containing username;password;groups where:

  • username - Name string.
  • password - A salted SHA hash (SSHA) of the user password or "RESET"
  • groups - A comma separated list of group memberships.

If the password is "RESET", then the password must be reset before that user can authenticate.

The file realm needs the following properties in its configuration:

  • file - Full path to the keyfile to load
  • jaas-ctx - JAAS context name used to access LoginModule for authentication.
Author:
Tom Mueller

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • FileRealmHelper

      public FileRealmHelper(String keyfileName) throws IOException
      Constructor.

      The created FileRealmHelper instance is not registered in the Realm registry. This constructor can be used by admin tools to create a FileRealmHelper instance which can be edited by adding or removing users and then saved to disk, without affecting the installed realm instance.

      The file provided should always exist. A default (empty) keyfile is installed with the server so this should always be the case unless the user has manually deleted this file. If this file path provided does not point to an existing file this constructor will first attempt to create it. If this succeeds the constructor returns normally and an empty keyfile will have been created; otherwise an exception is thrown.

      Parameters:
      keyfile - Full path to the keyfile to read for user data.
      Throws:
      IOException - If the configuration parameters identify a corrupt keyfile

  • Method Details

    • getUserNames

      public Set<String> getUserNames()
      Returns names of all the users in this particular realm.
      Returns:
      enumeration of user names (strings)

    • getUser

      public FileRealmHelper.User getUser(String name)
      Returns the information recorded about a particular named user.
      Parameters:
      name - Name of the user whose information is desired.
      Returns:
      The user object, or null if the user doesn't exist.

    • getGroupNames

      public Set<String> getGroupNames()
      Returns names of all the groups in this particular realm. Note that this will not return assign-groups.
      Returns:
      enumeration of group names (strings)

    • getGroupNames

      public String[] getGroupNames(String username)
      Returns the name of all the groups that this user belongs to.
      Parameters:
      username - Name of the user in this realm whose group listing is needed.
      Returns:
      Array of group names (strings) or null if the user does not exist.

    • authenticate

      public String[] authenticate(String username, char[] password)
      Authenticates a user.

      This method is invoked by the FileLoginModule in order to authenticate a user in the file realm. The authentication decision is kept within the realm class implementation in order to keep the password cache in a single location with no public accessors, to simplify future improvements.

      Parameters:
      username - Name of user to authenticate.
      password - Password provided by client.

    • hasAuthenticatableUser

      public boolean hasAuthenticatableUser()

    • validateUserName

      public static void validateUserName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Validates syntax of a user name.

      This method throws an exception if the provided value is not valid. The message of the exception provides a reason why it is not valid. This is used internally by add/modify User to validate the client-provided values. It is not necessary for the client to call these methods first. However, these are provided as public methods for convenience in case some client (e.g. GUI client) wants to provide independent field validation prior to calling add/modify user.

      Parameters:
      name - User name to validate.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if the value is not valid.

    • validatePassword

      public static void validatePassword(char[] pwd) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Validates syntax of a password.

      This method throws an exception if the provided value is not valid. The message of the exception provides a reason why it is not valid. This is used internally by add/modify User to validate the client-provided values. It is not necessary for the client to call these methods first. However, these are provided as public methods for convenience in case some client (e.g. GUI client) wants to provide independent field validation prior to calling add/modify user.

      Parameters:
      pwd - Password to validate.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if the value is not valid.

    • validateGroupName

      public static void validateGroupName(String group) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Validates syntax of a group name.

      This method throws an exception if the provided value is not valid. The message of the exception provides a reason why it is not valid. This is used internally by add/modify User to validate the client-provided values. It is not necessary for the client to call these methods first. However, these are provided as public methods for convenience in case some client (e.g. GUI client) wants to provide independent field validation prior to calling add/modify user.

      Parameters:
      group - Group name to validate.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if the value is not valid.

    • validateGroupList

      public static void validateGroupList(String[] groupList) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Validates syntax of a list of group names.

      This is equivalent to calling validateGroupName on every element of the groupList.

      Parameters:
      groupList - Array of group names to validate.
      Throws:
      IASSecurityException - Thrown if the value is not valid.
      IllegalArgumentException

    • addUser

      public void addUser(String name, char[] password, String[] groupList) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Adds new user to file realm. User cannot exist already.
      Parameters:
      name - User name.
      password - Cleartext password for the user.
      groupList - List of groups to which user belongs.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - If there are problems adding user.

    • removeUser

      public void removeUser(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Remove user from file realm. User must exist.
      Parameters:
      name - User name.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - If user does not exist.

    • updateUser

      public void updateUser(String name, String newName, char[] password, String[] groups) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Update data for an existing user. User must exist.
      Parameters:
      name - Current name of the user to update.
      newName - New name to give this user. It can be the same as the original name. Otherwise it must be a new user name which does not already exist as a user.
      password - Cleartext password for the user. If non-null the user password is changed to this value. If null, the original password is retained.
      groupList - List of groups to which user belongs.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - If there are problems adding user.

    • persist

      public void persist() throws IOException
      Write keyfile data out to disk. The file generation is sychronized within this class only, caller is responsible for any other file locking or revision management as deemed necessary.
      Throws:
      IOException - if there is a failure