org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth
Class NativeAuthProvider

java.lang.Object
  org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth.NativeAuthProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthProvider

public class NativeAuthProvider
extends Object
implements AuthProvider

Authenticates using the native operating system authentication method. On Windows, this means Win32 authentication; on Unix/Linux, PAM authentication. New user accounts will be created automatically as needed.

Authentication is handled using the Shaj library. In order for this provider to work, the appropriate native library must be loaded. The appropriate native library must be manually moved from the resources/nativeAuth directory to the lib directory.

To enable this provider, set the following in the XML configuration file:

 <provider>
     <auth>
         <className>org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth.NativeAuthProvider</className>
     </auth>
     <user>
         <className>org.jivesoftware.openfire.user.NativeUserProvider</className>
     </user>
 </provider>
 

The properties to configure the provider are as follows:

• nativeAuth.domain -- on Windows, the domain to use for authentication. If the value is not set, the machine's default domain will be used or standard OS auth will be used if the machine is not part of a domain. On Unix/Linux, this value specifies the PAM module to use for authentication. If the value is not set, the PAM module "other" will be used.

For more information about configuring the domain value and other aspects of Shaj, please see: http://opensource.cenqua.com/shaj/doc.html.

Author:

Matt Tucker

Constructor Summary

NativeAuthProvider()

Method Summary

void	authenticate(String username, String password) Returns if the username and password are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.
void	authenticate(String username, String token, String digest) Returns if the username, token, and digest are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.
String	getPassword(String username) Returns the user's password.
boolean	isDigestSupported() Returns true if this AuthProvider supports digest authentication according to JEP-0078.
boolean	isPlainSupported() Returns true if this AuthProvider supports authentication using plain-text passwords according to JEP--0078.
void	setPassword(String username, String password) Sets the users's password.
boolean	supportsPasswordRetrieval() Returns true if this UserProvider is able to retrieve user passwords from the backend user store.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NativeAuthProvider

public NativeAuthProvider()

Method Detail

authenticate

public void authenticate(String username,
                         String password)
                  throws UnauthorizedException

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Returns if the username and password are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.

If AuthProvider.isPlainSupported() returns false, this method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthProvider

Parameters:

username - the username or full JID.

password - the passwordl

Throws:

UnauthorizedException - if the username and password do not match any existing user.

authenticate

public void authenticate(String username,
                         String token,
                         String digest)
                  throws UnauthorizedException

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Returns if the username, token, and digest are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.

If AuthProvider.isDigestSupported() returns false, this method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthProvider

Parameters:

username - the username or full JID.

token - the token that was used with plain-text password to generate the digest.

digest - the digest generated from plain-text password and unique token.

Throws:

UnauthorizedException - if the username and password do not match any existing user.

isPlainSupported

public boolean isPlainSupported()

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Returns true if this AuthProvider supports authentication using plain-text passwords according to JEP--0078. Plain text authentication is not secure and should generally only be used for a TLS/SSL connection.

Specified by:

isPlainSupported in interface AuthProvider

Returns:

true if plain text password authentication is supported by this AuthProvider.

isDigestSupported

public boolean isDigestSupported()

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Returns true if this AuthProvider supports digest authentication according to JEP-0078.

Specified by:

isDigestSupported in interface AuthProvider

Returns:

true if digest authentication is supported by this AuthProvider.

getPassword

public String getPassword(String username)
                   throws UserNotFoundException,
                          UnsupportedOperationException

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Returns the user's password. This method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException if this operation is not supported by the backend user store.

Specified by:

getPassword in interface AuthProvider

Parameters:

username - the username of the user.

Returns:

the user's password.

Throws:

UserNotFoundException - if the given user's password could not be loaded.

UnsupportedOperationException - if the provider does not support the operation (this is an optional operation).

setPassword

public void setPassword(String username,
                        String password)
                 throws UserNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Sets the users's password. This method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException if this operation is not supported by the backend user store.

Specified by:

setPassword in interface AuthProvider

Parameters:

username - the username of the user.

password - the new plaintext password for the user.

Throws:

UserNotFoundException - if the given user could not be loaded.

supportsPasswordRetrieval

public boolean supportsPasswordRetrieval()

Description copied from interface: AuthProvider

Returns true if this UserProvider is able to retrieve user passwords from the backend user store. If this operation is not supported then AuthProvider.getPassword(String) will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if invoked.

Specified by:

supportsPasswordRetrieval in interface AuthProvider

Returns:

true if this UserProvider is able to retrieve user passwords from the backend user store.