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Thread: Authentication problem in a servlet

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    Default Authentication problem in a servlet

    Hello,
    I am trying to make a servlet which would have a security. When you try to access to it, the box pops up with login and password boxes. The thing is, that it doesn't appears to me. When I am trying to access the page, I get an error like this:


    The way I am trying to do it:

    The servlet:
    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
    import javax.servlet.*;
    import javax.servlet.http.*;
     
    public class ProtectedPage extends HttpServlet {
    	Hashtable<String, String> users = new Hashtable<String, String>();
     
    	public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
    		super.init(config);
    		// Remember that names and password are case sensitive !
    		users.put("MyName:MyPassword", "allowed");
    	}
     
    	public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
    		doGet(request, response);
    	}
     
    	public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws IOException, ServletException {
    		res.setContentType("text/plain");
    		PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
     
    		// Show client data
    		String auth = req.getHeader("Authorization");
    		if(checkUser(auth)) {
    			out.write("\n Authorization Header = " + auth);
    			out.write("\n Authorization Type = " + req.getAuthType());
    			out.write("\n User Principal = " + req.getUserPrincipal());
    			out.write("\n Remote User = " + req.getRemoteUser());
    			out.write("\n isSecure = " + req.isSecure());
    			out.write("\n Scheme = " + req.getScheme());
    		}
    		else {
    			res.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "FORM realm=\"Customer\"");
    			res.sendError(res.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
    		}
    	}
     
    	/** This method checks the user Authorization information comparing
    	*	that with data in users Hashtable.
    	*	@param auth is a String, representing user Authorization data
    	*	@return boolean true, if it is allowed to show this page to user.
    	*/
    	protected boolean checkUser(String auth) throws IOException {
    		if(auth == null)
    			return false;
    		String authType = "BASIC ";
    		if(!auth.toUpperCase().startsWith(authType))
    			return false;
     
    		//Get encoded user and password, comes after authType.
    		String userpassEncoded = auth.substring(authType.length());
     
    		//Decode userpassEncoded, using base 64 decoder
    		String userpassDecoded = new String(Base64.decode(userpassEncoded));
    		System.out.println("userpassDecoded == " + userpassDecoded);
    		//Check our user list to see if that user and password are "allowed".
    		if("allowed".equals(users.get(userpassDecoded)))
    			return true;
    		else
    			return false;
    	}
    }
    web.xml:
    ...
    <servlet>
    	<servlet-name>Protected Page</servlet-name>
    	<servlet-class>ProtectedPage</servlet-class>
      </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
    	<servlet-name>Protected Page</servlet-name>
    	<url-pattern>/ProtectedPage</url-pattern>
      </servlet-mapping> 
     
    <security-constraint>
    	<web-resource-collection>
    		<web-resource-name>Protected Page</web-resource-name>
    		<url-pattern>/ProtectedPade</url-pattern>
    	</web-resource-collection>
     
    	<auth-constraint>
    		<security-role>
    			<role-name>Customer</role-name>
    		</security-role>
    	</auth-constraint>
      </security-constraint>
     
      <login-config>
    	<auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
      </login-config>
    ...
    tomcat-users.xml:
    <tomcat-users>
    	<role rolename="Customer"/>
    	<user username="MyName" password="MyPassword" roles="Customer"/>
    </tomcat-users>

    I would really appreciate if anyone could tell me what I am doing wrong. In the google I can't find anything very useful. I am trying to access the page with Chrome/IE8 browsers. Examples on the website works without problem.


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    Default Re: Authentication problem in a servlet

    I was trying to solve it since yesterday and just now when checking the code I wrote here noticed the mistake in web.xml file. ProtectedPade instead of ProtectedPage. That's embarrassing.
    Last edited by Asido; September 9th, 2010 at 10:55 AM.

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    Default Re: Authentication problem in a servlet

    Ah, so is this resolved now then?

    // Json

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    Yeh, solved.

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