Problem:

How to use LDAP-based Authentication for Borland App Server?

Resolution:

• Product Name: BES App Server
• Product Version: 6.0.1 and 6.5
• Product Component: Web Container, EJB Container, Security, JAAS Modules(LDAPLoginModule)
• Platform/OS Version: All

Description:

The attached document describes the steps to configure LDAPLoginModule for your BES in a typical default installation.

Also you can find the following document useful with regards to configuring your BES Web Container
(Tomcat 4.x) using JAAS to propagate the security credentials to your BES EJB Container:

http://info.borland.com/devsupport/bes/faq/5.2/security/EJB_Security.html
http://info.borland.com/devsupport/bes/faq/5.2/security/WEB_Security.html

(Please note that the above documents are still applicable to our BES 6.5 as there is no much change with respect to JAAS)

For more details, you can refer our BES Security Guide ( http://info.borland.com/techpubs/bes/v65/html_books/securityguide/contents.html)
(In particular, http://info.borland.com/techpubs/bes/v65/html_books/securityguide/besauthentication.html)