JdbcLoginModule

JdbcLoginModule

Description

This loginModule allows a database-based authentication for your web application.

Parameters

The configuration already defined in AuthenticationManager is reused to establish connections in loginmodules. so, JdbcLoginmodule uses JdbcAuthenticationManager configuration to establish database connections.

usual configuration in the web.xml file

....
....
<loginModule>
	<name>net.sf.jguard.authentication.loginmodules.JdbcLoginModule</name>
	<flag>REQUIRED</flag>
	<loginModuleOptions>
		<option>
			<name>debug</name>
			<value>false</value>
		</option>
	</loginModuleOptions>
</loginModule>
....
....

jGuard.loginScheme example (advanced configuration)

Below is an appConfigurationEntry example of a webapp configured with a XmlLoginModule.

myApplication{

net.sf.jguard.loginmodules.JdbcLoginModule required debug="true";

};

We recommend placing jGuard.loginScheme file in your ${java.home}/lib$/security/, to group all security files in one place.