Tomcat Authentication with LDAP

All you have to do just if You want to make Tomcat Authenticat with LDAP for Your WebApplication is. !!! Follow the following three steps: !!1. Copy the ldap.jar: copy the ldap jar into /usr/java/tomcat5/common/lib or /usr/java/tomcat5/server/lib The difference between those two paths is that __The First__ one make the jar accecable to both the webApplication and the server. __The Second__ one make the jar accecable to the server only. __Note:__ the above paths are relative to my tomcat path. !!2. Create Realm: Add the foolowing Realm to Your context.xml which are located under WebApplication/Web Pages/META-INF/__context.xml__ !!3. Create Security Constarint and Login Config: Add the foolowing to Your web.xml which are located under WebApplication/Web Pages/WEB-INF/__web.xml__ Administration Area *.jsf OpenCraftUser BASIC OpenCraftUser where OpenCraftUser is the role that your application users must have. For additional Information visit this link http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/realm-howto.html#Quick%20Start