I quite like to use the JBoss Portal, but have to use an LDAP Server for authentication and retrieving the roles of a user. I have read through the Wiki Entry: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UsingAnLDAPSourceForPortalAuthen... Some of the portlets need a fine-grained access a rights and I am considering using Acegi security for this. Since I am quite new to all of this I thought I start simple. Instead of adding a new login-module using the org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule as described in above Wiki I added a new login-module using org.jboss.security.auth.spi.UsersRolesLoginModule and set the flag of org.jboss.portal.identity.auth.IdentityLoginModule to ?sufficient?. So my new login.config.xml in JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/jboss-portla.sar/conf/ looks like: <!-- For the JCR CMS --> <application-policy name="cms"> <login-module code="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.SimpleLoginModule" flag="required"/> </application-policy> <application-policy name="portal"> <login-module code="org.jboss.portal.identity.auth.IdentityLoginModule" flag="sufficient"> <module-option name="unauthenticatedIdentity">guest</module-option> <module-option name="userModuleJNDIName">java:/portal/UserModule</module-option> <module-option name="roleModuleJNDIName">java:/portal/RoleModule</module-option> <module-option name="additionalRole">Authenticated</module-option> <module-option name="password-stacking">useFirstPass</module-option> </login-module> <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.UsersRolesLoginModule" flag = "required"> <module-option name="usersProperties">props/portal-users.properties</module-option> <module-option name="rolesProperties">props/portal-roles.properties</module-option> </login-module> </application-policy> I added the portal-users.properties and portal-roles.properties to the correct location. portal-roles.properties: # A sample users.properties file for use with the UsersRolesLoginModule first=first second=second portal-roles.properties first=Administrators,Admin second=Users,User When logging in as first or second user I get the error message: HTTP Status 403 - Access to the requested resource has been denied Questions: - Is it possible use integrate an alternative LoginModule e.g. UsersRolesLoginModule or org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule to define Authenication and the roles of the users? - Has anyone successfully integrated an external LDAP Directory server which also supplies the roles of the user? - Has anyone successfully integrated AcegiSecurity for authentication and retrieving the roles of a user e.g. by using the LoginModule: org.acegisecurity.adapters.jboss.JbossAcegiLoginModule? How do I configure the login-module.xml? I have just read through a similar Forum Entry: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=103606 Do I have to sychronize all users in my LDAP directory with the portal database in order to define the role of users? I don?t think it is a practical option for us to maintain two systems in which we hold user information. Thanks, Anette View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4026583#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...