[jcifs] NTLM Authentication issue

Anoop Prakash anoopatul at gmail.com
Wed Nov 29 13:55:48 GMT 2006


Thanks Jonathan,

I tried out changing the soTimeOut to 500 milliseconds abd it seems to be
running fine now.


On 11/28/06, Jonathan Trumbull <jonathan.trumbull at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anoop,
>
> You probably need to specify a set of domain credentials explicitly
> for preauthentication. We usually just setup a service account just
> for this.
>
> see http://jcifs.samba.org/src/docs/ntlmhttpauth.html#signing
>
> <init-param>
>   <param-name>jcifs.smb.client.username</param-name>
>   <param-value>SomeServiceAccount</param-value>
> </init-param>
>
> <init-param>
>   <param-name>jcifs.smb.client.password</param-name>
>   <param-value>SomeServiceAccountPassword</param-value>
> </init-param>
>
> --Jonathan
>
> On 11/28/06, Anoop Prakash <anoopatul at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello  Mike,
> >
> >
> > We got your reference from the jcifs  mailing list. We found  out an
> issue in the mailing list that is similar to the problem we are
> facing  while accessing our application using the JCIFS NTLM authentication.
> When  multiple users try accessing our application concurrently, only one of
> the users  will be allowed to log in. The others are shown the NTLM
> authentication box  again and again, even though they enter the right
> credentials. The  application is a struts based J2EE application and we are
> using   JCIFS version 1.2.8. We tried doing the instructions given in the
> link -  http://lists.samba.org/archive/jcifs/2006-June/006304.html .  We
> are using a domain controller also in this. I am pasting below a part of
> the  web.xml for the application.
> >
> >
> >
> >  <filter>
> >
> >               <filter-name>NtlmHttpFilter</filter-name>
> >
> >               <filter-class>jcifs.http.NtlmHttpFilter</filter-class>
> >
> >
> >
> >               <init-param>
> >
> >                     <param-name>jcifs.http.domainController</param-name>
> >
> >                     <param-value>CORPDC3</param-value>
> >
> >               </init-param>
> >
> >
> >
> >               <init-param>
> >
> >                     <param-name>jcifs.smb.lmCompatibility</param-name>
> >
> >               <param-value>3</param-value>
> >
> >               </init-param>
> >
> >  </filter>
> >
> >
> >
> > It would be great if you could let us know what could be the
> issue.Please let us knowif you need any more details on this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Anoop
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [jcifs] NTLM Authentication problemMike Streeton mike.streeton at
> ardentia.co.uk
> > Thu Jun 22 06:51:43 GMT  2006
> >
> >
> >
> > Previous message: [jcifs] NTLM Authentication  problem
> > Next message: [jcifs] Authenticating Against  Multiple Domain
> Controllers
> > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ]  [ author ]
> ________________________________
> We had problems with some people being able to connect but not other,
> > even though they have exactly the same config (XP pro), we got round
> > them by setting the following:
> >
> >
> > Configure the JCIFS parameter jcifs.smb.lmCompatibility try setting it
> > to 3, 4 or 5
> >
> > Configure the JCIFS parameter jcifs.netbios.hostname to be the local
> > machine
> >
> >
> >
> > Set the API documentation on how to do this:
> >
> > http://jcifs.samba.org/src/docs/api/
> >
> >
> >
> > If this does not work post the config/error logs etc and Michael is very
> >
> > helpful and can usually put you right.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > www.ardentia.com the home of NetSearch
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > From: jcifs-bounces+mike.streeton=ardentia.co.uk at lists.samba.org
> >
> > [mailto:jcifs-bounces+mike.streeton=
> > ardentia.co.uk at lists.samba.org] On
> > Behalf Of Publius Ismanescu
> > Sent: 21 June 2006 21:25
> > To:
> > jcifs at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: [jcifs] NTLM Authentication problem
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I have a situation where the NTLM authentication fails. I will explain
> > my configuration and the tests we did.
> >
> >
> > We have a weblogic server on AIX server and we use jcifs for NTLM
> > authentication. The users that access the website, they all have windows
> > desktops, with IE installed.
> > All user can access the website properly . The problem start when we
> >
> > want to let user from outsite the company connect.
> >
> > The external user connect to a metaframe (Citrix) and they use the IE
> > browser on the metaframe server to connect to the internal website.
> > The user are propted with a login dialog to enter their user ID and
> >
> > password. After entering the information they get a server or DNS error.
> >
> > After we turned the loglevel to see more info from jcifs, it looks like
> > the 3-rd handshake does not take place.
> >
> > Installing Firefox on the metaframe server and testing the
> >
> > access,everything is working.
> > Using IE to connect to a second metaframe server it woks also. IE
> > versions on the 2 metaframes is the same.
> >
> >
> > Can anybody help with some IE settings or give me some tips on what else
> >
> > to look for to solve this.
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> > --
> > Publius Ismanescu
> > http://publius.wwdb.biz
> >
> > email: publiusi at gmail.com
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