Show GUI and get inputs when user is authenticating

in WebNMS Framework • 9 years ago

Dear all,
I want to show password expiration form when user is authenticating and let him to reset his password.
in other words, if in verifyCredential method i detected that password is expired, so with which API i can show proper UI and let user reset his password .

Regards,
JavaGeek

Replies(4)

venkatram.. Employee

Re: Show GUI and get inputs when user is authenticating

9 years ago

Hi

Apologies for the delay
We believe you use external authentication.
Please let us know what flavour of client you use - Java client / web client.
This will help us to assist you better.

Regards
Venkatramanan

javageek

Re: Show GUI and get inputs when user is authenticating

9 years ago

Hi Venkatramanan,
Yes i use customized authentication. I use Java client.
For a workaround i placed reset pass button in login form and when i detected user password is expired, i thorws NMSAuthienticationException and tell user to reset his password via that button.
But is there any way to show reset pass form dynamically as i said in the first post?

Thnaks.

venkatram.. Employee

Re: Show GUI and get inputs when user is authenticating

9 years ago

Geek

The following highlighted piece of code from (ExtendedAuthenticationImpl.verifyCredentials) will ensure that the user will be shown with the password expiry screen:

public boolean verifyCredentials(String user, String key) throws RemoteException,AuthenticationException
{
String password = null;
if ( crypto != null )
{
try
{
password = crypto.deCrypt(key);
}
catch (CryptoGraphException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
password = key;
}
}
//authenticate the user using RADIUS server and return the status
//relAuthenAPI.init(authRelAPI);
isVerified = RadiusUtil.getInstance().authenticateUser(user,password);
if(isVerified)
{
userProp = relAuthenAPI.getAllUserAttributes(user,"NULL");
System.err.println("userProp is : "+userProp);
String userStatus = (String)userProp.get("status");
if(userStatus.equals("passwordExpired"))
{
throw new AuthenticationException(AuthenticationException.PASSWORD_EXPIRED,AdventNetResourceBundle.getInstance().getString("Password Expired"));
}
else if(userStatus.equals("new"))
{
throw new AuthenticationException(AuthenticationException.FIRST_LOGIN,AdventNetResourceBundle.getInstance().getString("First Login"));
}
}
else
{
return false;
}
return true;
}