[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBPORTAL-2404) WSRP implementation does not executes getUserPrincipal() when the portlet is invoked remotely

[Chris Laprun (JIRA)]

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Chris Laprun commented on JBPORTAL-2404:
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The reason why it currently returns null is because returning anything else that would make sense in a secure context would require support for WS-Security. I could implement something that would return a Principal matching the information provided by the UserContext, however, there wouldn't be any security guarantees usually associated with Principal...

> WSRP implementation does not executes getUserPrincipal() when the portlet is invoked remotely
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>                 Key: JBPORTAL-2404
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-2404
>             Project: JBoss Portal
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Portal WSRP
>    Affects Versions: 2.7.2 Final
>         Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
>            Reporter: Ricardo Ferreira
>            Assignee: Chris Laprun
>         Attachments: JBH.ear
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> The JBoss Portal implementation does not executes correctly API invocations related to the principal retrieve from the portlet contêiner. When you executes a local portlet, the API call "HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal()" works fine. But when you install this same portlet in a remote portlet container using WSRP, the API call returns "null".

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