[teiid-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (TEIID-1245) exception trying to get a test connection through admin console to a text file based connection factory

[Ramesh Reddy (JIRA)]

     [ https://jira.jboss.org/browse/TEIID-1245?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ramesh Reddy resolved TEIID-1245.
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    Resolution: Rejected


The problem exists with the AS code, when it does the "testConnection" call on its managed pool. Even when a "security-domain" is not defined for a connection factory like the "text-file" connection,  AS tries to create a assume a dummy security domain called "other" and tries to validate a "null" user thus gets into this exception.  AS should only make use of the "security-domain" and validate against it, when it is defined in the connection factory's configuration.

This same behaviour can be  observed on any connection factory with out a security-domain. However, if one defines a security domain then they must configure a "org.jboss.resource.security.ConfiguredIdentityLoginModule" or "CallerIdentityLoginModule", so that they can supply the credentials to login into the connection factory. 

Text connection factory defined here does not require secure access. If it needs to be secure, it is user's responsibility to add the additional security  by defining the "security-domain".

> exception trying to get a test connection through admin console to a text file based connection factory
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>
>                 Key: TEIID-1245
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/TEIID-1245
>             Project: Teiid
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Connector API
>    Affects Versions: 7.1
>         Environment: RHEL5, openjdk, SOA-P 5.1dev3
>            Reporter: Aleksandar Kostadinov
>            Assignee: Ramesh Reddy
>             Fix For: 7.1.1
>
>         Attachments: exception.txt
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>
> I'm not completely sure there is a bug and if it is in teiid or admin console but it looks like a confusing behavior. When someone deploys a text file based connection factory like this attached to TEIID-1242 and without modifying login-config.xml, then trying to get a test connection results in an exception in the server log (see attached exception.txt). 
> If login-config.xml is modified to have the "other" application policy be the same as the "soa" policy, then this error does not appear in the server log. I'm not sure where should policy name be configured but IMHO user should be able to perform admin console actions by default given she/he is logged in as admin to the console.

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