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Re: Login failures spams server.log

From: Kumar Jayanti <v.b.kumar.jayanti_at_oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:46:06 +0530

we will fix it soon on the trunk and 3.1.x branch. But if you are on 3.1.1 you will have to wait for 3.1.2.


On 18-Aug-2011, at 5:34 PM, forums_at_java.net wrote:

> I run Glassfish 3 with a JDBC realm and form-based authentication. It works
> fine, BUT every time a user mis-types his password, a WARNING message, with a
> loong traceback, is appended to server.log . That spams server.log, making it
> hard to find any REAL problems.
>
> To begin with, the traceback feels utterly useless, so can I get rid of it?
> Furhermore, it would be nice to keep track of login failures not in
> server.log but in some other log.
>
> Is there a way to fix this?
>
> For your amusement, here follows a sample entry in server.log:
>
> [#|2011-08-17T09:11:36.716+0200|WARNING|glassfish3.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web.com.sun.web.security|_ThreadID=553;_ThreadName=Thread-1;|WEB9102:
> Web Login Failed:
> com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.common.LoginException: Login failed:
> Security Exception|#]
> [#|2011-08-17T09:11:36.718+0200|WARNING|glassfish3.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web.com.sun.web.security|_ThreadID=553;_ThreadName=Thread-1;|Exception
> com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.common.LoginException: Login failed:
> Security Exception
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.doPasswordLogin(LoginContextDriver.java:394)
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.login(LoginContextDriver.java:240)
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.login(LoginContextDriver.java:153)
> at
> com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.authenticate(RealmAdapter.java:483)
> at
> com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.authenticate(RealmAdapter.java:425)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator.authenticate(FormAuthenticator.java:269)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.processSecurityCheck(AuthenticatorBase.java:909)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:546)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:623)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
> at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:98)
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.web.PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.invoke(PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.java:91)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:162)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:326)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:227)
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:170)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:822)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:719)
> at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1013)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:225)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
> at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
> at
> com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
> Caused by: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Security Exception
> at
> javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:856)
> at
> javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:186)
> at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:683)
> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> at
> javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:680)
> at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:579)
> at
> com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.doPasswordLogin(LoginContextDriver.java:382)
> ... 29 more
> Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException
> at
> javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:857)
> ... 35 more
> |#]
>
>
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