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Re: glassfish v3.1 jsf form authentication

From: java4dev <java4dev_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:39:39 +0200

I have exactly the same configuration in my web.xml file.
Changing the suffix to .jsf does not change anything.
no jsf tags are processed

Στις 25/3/2011 3:58 μμ, ο/η Jason Lee έγραψε:
> You can use a JSF page for your login page. As I noted, we do that in
> GlassFish. My guess is that your security config wasn't quite right,
> and was directing the browser to login.xhtml and not login.jsf.
> Here's the relevant part of the GlassFish Admin Console's web.xml:
>
> <login-config>
> <auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
> <realm-name>admin-realm</realm-name>
> <form-login-config>
> <form-login-page>/login.jsf</form-login-page>
> <form-error-page>/loginError.jsf</form-error-page>
> </form-login-config>
> </login-config>
>
> Once you have that correct, you should be able to use any JSF
> components you wish, though your form (and probably its input
> elements) will need to be a regular HTML form, as h:form doesn't let
> you specify an action.
>
> On 3/24/11 8:24 PM, java4dev wrote:
>> the browser is requesting one of the secured pages e.g. the index.xhtml
>> I have placed the security constraints in the web.xml file so that
>> form authentication is activated for my custom realm
>>
>> I changed the page to pure html code and the authentication is now
>> working.
>> I have two questions though, it is obvious that nothing jsf based
>> works with this approach.
>> how do I use bundles in this page if I want to provide a localized
>> login page?
>> how do I create a link to call a jsf page e.g. the register.xhtml?
>>
>> Isn't there any way that I can provide my own jsf pages for login,
>> registration?
>> Would programmatic login be a solution to this problem?
>> But then if programmatic login is the solution how will I define this
>> in the web.xml file?
>>
>>
>>
>> Στις 24/3/2011 4:11 μμ, ο/η Jason Lee έγραψε:
>>> What URL is the browser requesting? It should be login.jsf.
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, once you solve the processing issue, I expect
>>> the page might break as h:commandButton and h:commandLink require
>>> that they are enclosed in h:form. For this login form, I think
>>> you're going to want to use regular HTML forms and inputs. The
>>> GlassFish Admin Console login form does the same thing.
>>>
>>> On 3/24/11 3:12 AM, java4dev wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to use form authentication, because I want to allow
>>>> users to register if they are not members but
>>>> I have the following problem,
>>>> The login.xhtml file is attached
>>>>
>>>> Now my problem is that when I try to access a page where the form
>>>> should I appear I get in Safari
>>>> Username:Password:
>>>> In mozilla I get a message that the XML has no format information.
>>>>
>>>> It seems that the source sent by the server is
>>>>
>>>> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
>>>> <!DOCTYPE composition PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
>>>> <ui:composition xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
>>>> template="./../templates/TemplateHeaderFooter.xhtml"
>>>> xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <ui:define name="content">
>>>> <form method="POST" action="j_security_check">
>>>> <h:outputLabel for="j_username">Username:</h:outputLabel>
>>>> <h:inputText id="j_username" required="true" />
>>>> <h:message for="j_username" />
>>>> <h:outputLabel for="j_password">Password:</h:outputLabel>
>>>> <h:inputSecret id="j_password" required="true" />
>>>> <h:message for="j_password" />
>>>> <h:commandButton value="Login" />
>>>> <h:commandLink value="Register" action="registerUser" />
>>>> </form>
>>>> </ui:define>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> </ui:composition>
>>>>
>>>> It seems as the page is not been parsed/rendered properly.
>>>> The template is not integrated and no html code is generated.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any ideas on how to solve this issue.
>>>>
>>>> thank you
>>>>
>>>> Nikolas
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> GlassFish REST API / Administration Console
>>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Jason Lee
> Senior Member of Technical Staff
> GlassFish REST API / Administration Console
>
> Oracle Corporation
> Phone +1 405-216-3193
> Bloghttp://blogs.steeplesoft.com