[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (SECURITY-482) Allow workaround for DNs containing special characters in LdapExtLoginModule

Tue Jul 13 16:44:58 EDT 2010

     [ https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SECURITY-482?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Marcus Moyses resolved SECURITY-482.
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    Resolution: Done


Added new option distinguisedNameAttribute (default distinguishedName) to allow searching for an attribute containing the DN of the user

> Allow workaround for DNs containing special characters in LdapExtLoginModule
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>                 Key: SECURITY-482
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SECURITY-482
>             Project: PicketBox (JBoss Security and Identity Management)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: JBossSX
>    Affects Versions: JBossSecurity_2.0.4.SP3
>            Reporter: Marcus Moyses
>            Assignee: Marcus Moyses
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: PicketBox_v3_0
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> Certain LDAP servers use special characters such as / (forward slash) as separators. When user's DNs contain such characters binding to LDAP might fail.
> Even though usage of such characters is not recommended there is still a chance they are being used so a workaround need to be created to retrieve the user DN.

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