Legacy application with JDBC and JNDI REALM authentication

Question

My application currently relies on JDBC realm authentication. Recent needs have forced us to think about having LDAP authentication as well. We are thinking about using Acti

Answer 1

If you can run your app on Tomcat 6, there is a realm called CombinedRealm that will let you do what you are trying to do: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/realm-howto.html#CombinedRealm. It is possible to do what you want in older versions but it's a real pain. You basically will have to implement your own custom Realm. I've not yet used this new CombinedRealm, but if it works as advertised it will save you a lot of effort and pain. Trust me.