Content Server Manual / Version 2210
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CoreMedia CMS supports built-in users and users from external
sources like LDAP servers. The content server authenticates built-in users, whereas authentication of LDAP users
is delegated to the LDAP server. Authentication is now based on JAAS. Different JAAS login modules authenticate
users from different sources. Login modules are Java classes that have to implement the interface
javax.security.auth.spi.LoginModule (see
http://java.sun.com/products/jaas/).
CoreMedia CMS provides default login modules for built-in user and
LDAP user authentication:
CapLoginModule
The class
hox.corem.server.CapLoginModuleauthenticates built-in users. Built-in users are system users created at Content Server initialization time and those created later by an administrator with the CM User Manager. This module is mandatory, because some system services are run by built-in system users.LdapLoginModule
The class
hox.corem.login.LdapLoginModuleauthenticates users from LDAP servers.
You can implement your own login module classes to authenticate users from other origins. Login modules are
configured in a JAAS configuration file, which is typically named jaas.conf.
The location of the jaas.conf file is configured by the key
cap.server.login.authentication.
The value may be a URL (especially a classpath URL)
or a file path (absolute or relative to cap.server.base-dir)
