com.liferay.portal.security.auth

Class BasicAuthHeaderAutoLogin

java.lang.Object

com.liferay.portal.security.auth.BaseAutoLogin

com.liferay.portal.security.auth.BasicAuthHeaderAutoLogin

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthVerifier, com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AutoLogin

public class BasicAuthHeaderAutoLogin
extends com.liferay.portal.security.auth.BaseAutoLogin
implements com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthVerifier

1. Install Firefox. These instructions assume you have Firefox 2.0.0.1. Previous version of Firefox have been tested and are known to work.

2. Install the Modify Headers 0.5.4 Add-on. Tools > Add Ons. Click the get extensions link at the bottom of the window. Type in "Modify Headers" in the Search box. Find Modify Headers in the results page and click on it. Then click the install now link.

3. Configure Modify Headers to add a basic authentication header. Tools > Modify Headers. In the Modify Headers window select the Add drop down. Type in "Authorization" in the next box. Type in "Basic bGlmZXJheS5jb20uMTp0ZXN0" in the next box. Click the Add button.

4. Make sure your header modification is enabled and point your browser to the Liferay portal.

5. You should now be authenticated as Joe Bloggs.

Author:

Britt Courtney, Brian Wing Shun Chan, Tomas Polesovsky

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AutoLogin

AUTO_LOGIN_REDIRECT, AUTO_LOGIN_REDIRECT_AND_CONTINUE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BasicAuthHeaderAutoLogin()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected java.lang.String[]	doLogin(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
java.lang.String	getAuthType()
com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthVerifierResult	verify(com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AccessControlContext accessControlContext, java.util.Properties properties)

Methods inherited from class com.liferay.portal.security.auth.BaseAutoLogin

doHandleException, handleException, login

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicAuthHeaderAutoLogin

public BasicAuthHeaderAutoLogin()

Method Detail

getAuthType

public java.lang.String getAuthType()

Specified by:

getAuthType in interface com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthVerifier

verify

public com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthVerifierResult verify(com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AccessControlContext accessControlContext,
                                                         java.util.Properties properties)
                                                           throws com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthException

Specified by:

verify in interface com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthVerifier

Throws:

com.liferay.portal.security.auth.AuthException

doLogin

protected java.lang.String[] doLogin(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                         javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

Specified by:

doLogin in class com.liferay.portal.security.auth.BaseAutoLogin

Throws:

java.lang.Exception