Metacat

/**

 *  '$RCSfile$'

 *    Purpose: An implementation of the AuthInterface interface that

 *             allows Metacat to use the LDAP protocol for

 *             directory services

 *  Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the

 *             National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

 *    Authors: Matt Jones

 *

 *   '$Author: tao $'

 *     '$Date: 2014-03-14 15:33:14 -0700 (Fri, 14 Mar 2014) $'

 * '$Revision: 8704 $'

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

 * (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

 */

package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat;

import java.net.ConnectException;

import javax.naming.AuthenticationException;

import javax.naming.Context;

import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;

import javax.naming.NamingException;

import javax.naming.SizeLimitExceededException;

import javax.naming.directory.Attribute;

import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;

import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;

import javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext;

import javax.naming.directory.SearchResult;

import javax.naming.directory.SearchControls;

import javax.naming.ReferralException;

import javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext;

import javax.naming.ldap.LdapContext;

import javax.naming.ldap.StartTlsRequest;

import javax.naming.ldap.StartTlsResponse;

import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.properties.PropertyService;

import edu.ucsb.nceas.utilities.PropertyNotFoundException;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.lang.InstantiationException;

import java.net.URLDecoder;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Hashtable;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import java.util.Set;

import java.util.Vector;

/**

 * An implementation of the AuthInterface interface that allows Metacat to use

 * the LDAP protocol for directory services. The LDAP authentication service is

 * used to determine if a user is authenticated, and whether they are a member

 * of a particular group.

 */

public class AuthLdap implements AuthInterface {

	private String ldapUrl;

	private String ldapsUrl;

	private String ldapBase;

	private String referral;

	private String ldapConnectTimeLimit;

	private int ldapSearchTimeLimit;

	private int ldapSearchCountLimit;

	private String currentReferralInfo;

	Hashtable<String, String> env = new Hashtable<String, String>(11);

	private Context rContext;

	private String userName;

	private String userPassword;

	ReferralException refExc;

	private static Logger logMetacat = Logger.getLogger(AuthLdap.class);

	/**

	 * Construct an AuthLdap

	 */

	public AuthLdap() throws InstantiationException {

		// Read LDAP URI for directory service information

		try {

			this.ldapUrl = PropertyService.getProperty("auth.url");

			this.ldapsUrl = PropertyService.getProperty("auth.surl");

			this.ldapBase = PropertyService.getProperty("auth.base");

			this.referral = PropertyService.getProperty("ldap.referral");

			this.ldapConnectTimeLimit = PropertyService

					.getProperty("ldap.connectTimeLimit");

			this.ldapSearchTimeLimit = Integer.parseInt(PropertyService

					.getProperty("ldap.searchTimeLimit"));

			this.ldapSearchCountLimit = Integer.parseInt(PropertyService

					.getProperty("ldap.searchCountLimit"));

		} catch (PropertyNotFoundException pnfe) {

			throw new InstantiationException(

					"Could not instantiate AuthLdap.  Property not found: "

							+ pnfe.getMessage());

		} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {

			throw new InstantiationException(

					"Could not instantiate AuthLdap.  Bad number format when converting properties: "

							+ nfe.getMessage());

		}

		// Store referral info for use in building group DNs in getGroups()

		this.currentReferralInfo = "";

	}

	/**

	 * Determine if a user/password are valid according to the authentication

	 * service.

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the name of the principal to authenticate

	 * @param password

	 *            the password to use for authentication

	 * @returns boolean true if authentication successful, false otherwise

	 */

	public boolean authenticate(String user, String password) throws ConnectException {

		String ldapUrl = this.ldapUrl;

		String ldapsUrl = this.ldapsUrl;

		String ldapBase = this.ldapBase;

		boolean authenticated = false;

		String identifier = user;

		// get uid here.

		if (user.indexOf(",") == -1) {

			throw new ConnectException("Invalid LDAP user credential: " + user

					+ ".  Missing ','");

		}

		String uid = user.substring(0, user.indexOf(","));

		user = user.substring(user.indexOf(","), user.length());

		logMetacat.debug("AuthLdap.authenticate - identifier: " + identifier + 

				", uid: " + uid +", user: " + user);

		try {

			// Check the usename as passed in

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - Calling ldapAuthenticate" +

				" with user as identifier: " + identifier);

			authenticated = ldapAuthenticate(identifier, password, (new Boolean(

					PropertyService.getProperty("ldap.onlySecureConnection")))

					.booleanValue());

			// if not found, try looking up a valid DN then auth again

			if (!authenticated) {

				logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - Not Authenticated");

				logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - Looking up DN for: " + identifier);

				identifier = getIdentifyingName(identifier, ldapUrl, ldapBase);

				if (identifier == null) {

					logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - No DN found from getIdentifyingName");

					return authenticated;

				}

				logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - DN found from getIdentifyingName: " + identifier);

				String decoded = URLDecoder.decode(identifier);

				logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - DN decoded: " + decoded);

				identifier = decoded;

				String refUrl = "";

				String refBase = "";

				if (identifier.startsWith("ldap")) {

					logMetacat.debug("AuthLdap.authenticate - identifier starts with \"ldap\"");

					refUrl = identifier.substring(0, identifier.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);

					int position = identifier.indexOf(",");

					int position2 = identifier.indexOf(",", position + 1);

					refBase = identifier.substring(position2 + 1);

					identifier = identifier.substring(identifier.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);

					logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - Calling ldapAuthenticate: " +

						"with user as identifier: " + identifier + " and refUrl as: " + 

						refUrl + " and refBase as: " + refBase);

					authenticated = ldapAuthenticate(identifier, password, refUrl,

							refBase, (new Boolean(PropertyService

									.getProperty("ldap.onlySecureReferalsConnection")))

									.booleanValue());

				} else {

					logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - identifier doesnt start with ldap");

					identifier = identifier + "," + ldapBase;

					logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticate - Calling ldapAuthenticate" + 

							"with user as identifier: " + identifier);

					authenticated = ldapAuthenticate(identifier, password, (new Boolean(

							PropertyService.getProperty("ldap.onlySecureConnection")))

							.booleanValue());

				}

			}

		} catch (NullPointerException npe) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.authenticate - NullPointerException while authenticating in "

					+ "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + npe);

			npe.printStackTrace();

			throw new ConnectException("AuthLdap.authenticate - NullPointerException while authenticating in "

					+ "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + npe);

		} catch (NamingException ne) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.authenticate - Naming exception while authenticating in "

					+ "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + ne);

			ne.printStackTrace();

		} catch (PropertyNotFoundException pnfe) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.authenticate - Property exception while authenticating in "

					+ "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + pnfe.getMessage());

		}

		return authenticated;

	}

	/**

	 * Connect to the LDAP directory and do the authentication using the

	 * username and password as passed into the routine.

	 * 

	 * @param identifier

	 *            the distinguished name to check against LDAP

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authentication

	 */

	private boolean ldapAuthenticate(String identifier, String password,

			boolean secureConnectionOnly) throws ConnectException, NamingException,

			NullPointerException {

		return ldapAuthenticate(identifier, password, this.ldapsUrl, this.ldapBase,

				secureConnectionOnly);

	}

	/**

	 * Connect to the LDAP directory and do the authentication using the

	 * username and password as passed into the routine.

	 * 

	 * @param identifier

	 *            the distinguished name to check against LDAP

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authentication

	 */

	private boolean ldapAuthenticate(String dn, String password, String rootServer,

			String rootBase, boolean secureConnectionOnly) {

		boolean authenticated = false;

		String server = "";

		String userDN = "";

		logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - dn is: " + dn);

		int position = dn.lastIndexOf("/");

		logMetacat.debug("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - position is: " + position);

		if (position == -1) {

			server = rootServer;

			if (dn.indexOf(userDN) < 0) {

				userDN = dn + "," + rootBase;

			} else {

				userDN = dn;

			}

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - userDN is: " + userDN);

		} else {

			server = dn.substring(0, position + 1);

			userDN = dn.substring(position + 1);

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - server is: " + server);

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - userDN is: " + userDN);

		}

		logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - Trying to authenticate: " + 

				userDN + " Using server: " + server);

		try {

			Hashtable<String, String> env = new Hashtable<String, String>();

			env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

			env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, server);

			env.put(Context.REFERRAL, "throw");

			try {

				authenticated = authenticateTLS(env, userDN, password);

			} catch (AuthenticationException ee) {

			    logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - failed to login : "+ee.getMessage());

			    String aliasedDn = null;

			    try {

			        aliasedDn = getAliasedDnTLS(userDN, env);

			        if(aliasedDn != null) {

			            logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - an aliased object " + aliasedDn + " was found for the DN "+userDN+". We will try to authenticate this new DN "+aliasedDn+".");

			            authenticated = authenticateTLS(env, aliasedDn, password);

			        }

			    } catch (NamingException e) {

			        logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - NamingException "+e.getMessage()+" happend when the ldap server authenticated the aliased object "+aliasedDn);

			    } catch (IOException e) {

			        logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - IOException "+e.getMessage()+" happend when the ldap server authenticated the aliased object "+aliasedDn);

			    } catch (AuthTLSException e) {

			        logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - AuthTLSException "+e.getMessage()+" happend when the ldap server authenticated the aliased object "+aliasedDn);

			    }

			} catch (AuthTLSException ate) {

				logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - error while negotiating TLS: "

						+ ate.getMessage());

				if (secureConnectionOnly) {

					return authenticated;

				} else {

				    try {

                        authenticated = authenticateNonTLS(env, userDN, password);

                    } catch (AuthenticationException ae) {

                        logMetacat.warn("Authentication exception for (nonTLS): " + ae.getMessage());

                        String aliasedDn = null;

                        try {

                            aliasedDn = getAliasedDnNonTLS(userDN, env);

                            if(aliasedDn != null) {

                                logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate(NonTLS) - an aliased object " + aliasedDn + " was found for the DN "+userDN+". We will try to authenticate this new DN "+aliasedDn+" again.");

                                authenticated = authenticateNonTLS(env, aliasedDn, password);

                            }

                        } catch (NamingException e) {

                            logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate(NonTLS) - NamingException "+e.getMessage()+" happend when the ldap server authenticated the aliased object "+aliasedDn);

                        } catch (IOException e) {

                            logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate(NonTLS) - IOException "+e.getMessage()+" happend when the ldap server authenticated the aliased object "+aliasedDn);

                        } 

                    }

				}

			}

		} catch (AuthenticationException ae) {

			logMetacat.warn("Authentication exception: " + ae.getMessage());

			authenticated = false;

		} catch (javax.naming.InvalidNameException ine) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - An invalid DN was provided: " + ine.getMessage());

		} catch (NamingException ne) {

			logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.ldapAuthenticate - Caught NamingException in login: " + ne.getClass().getName());

			logMetacat.info(ne.toString() + "  " + ne.getRootCause());

		}

		return authenticated;

	}

	/*

	 * Get the aliased dn through a TLS connection. The null will be returned if there is no real name associated with the alias

	 */

	private String getAliasedDnTLS(String alias, Hashtable<String, String> env) throws NamingException, IOException {

	    boolean useTLS = true;

	    return getAliasedDn(alias, env, useTLS);

	}

	/*

     * Get the aliased dn through a non-TLS connection. The null will be returned if there is no real name associated with the alias

     */

    private String getAliasedDnNonTLS(String alias, Hashtable<String, String> env) throws NamingException, IOException {

        boolean useTLS = false;

        return getAliasedDn(alias, env, useTLS);

    }

	/*

	 * Get the aliasedDN (the real DN) for a specified an alias name

	 */

	private String getAliasedDn(String alias, Hashtable<String, String> env, boolean useTLS) throws NamingException, IOException  {

	    String aliasedDn = null;

	    if(env != null) {

	        env.put(Context.REFERRAL, "ignore");

	    }

        LdapContext sctx = new InitialLdapContext(env, null);

        StartTlsResponse tls = null;

        if(useTLS) {

            tls = (StartTlsResponse) sctx.extendedOperation(new StartTlsRequest());

            // Open a TLS connection (over the existing LDAP association) and get details

            // of the negotiated TLS session: cipher suite, peer certificate, etc.

            SSLSession session = tls.negotiate();

        }

        SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

        ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

        String filter = "(objectClass=*)";

        NamingEnumeration answer  = sctx.search(alias, filter, ctls);

        while(answer.hasMore()) {

            SearchResult result = (SearchResult) answer.next();

            if(!result.isRelative()) {

                //if is not relative, this will be alias.

                aliasedDn = result.getNameInNamespace();

                break;

            }

        }

        if(useTLS && tls != null) {

            tls.close();

        }

        sctx.close();

        return aliasedDn;

	}

	private boolean authenticateTLS(Hashtable<String, String> env, String userDN, String password)

			throws AuthTLSException, AuthenticationException{	

		logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticateTLS - Trying to authenticate with TLS");

		try {

			LdapContext ctx = null;

			double startTime;

			double stopTime;

			startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

			ctx = new InitialLdapContext(env, null);

			// Start up TLS here so that we don't pass our jewels in

			// cleartext

			StartTlsResponse tls = 

				(StartTlsResponse) ctx.extendedOperation(new StartTlsRequest());

			// tls.setHostnameVerifier(new SampleVerifier());

			SSLSession sess = tls.negotiate();

			ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");

			ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, userDN);

			ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password);

			ctx.reconnect(null);

			stopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticateTLS - Connection time thru "

					+ ldapsUrl + " was: " + (stopTime - startTime) / 1000 + " seconds.");

		} catch (AuthenticationException ae) {

            logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.authenticateTLS - Authentication exception: " + ae.getMessage());

            throw ae;

		} catch (NamingException ne) {

			throw new AuthTLSException("AuthLdap.authenticateTLS - Naming error when athenticating via TLS: " + ne.getMessage());

		} catch (IOException ioe) {

			throw new AuthTLSException("AuthLdap.authenticateTLS - I/O error when athenticating via TLS: " + ioe.getMessage());

		}

		return true;

	}

	private boolean authenticateNonTLS(Hashtable<String, String> env, String userDN, String password) 

			throws NamingException {

		LdapContext ctx = null;

		double startTime;

		double stopTime;

		logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticateNonTLS - Trying to authenticate without TLS");

		//env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");

		//env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, userDN);

		//env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password);

		startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

		ctx = new InitialLdapContext(env, null);

		ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple");

        ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, userDN);

        ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password);

        ctx.reconnect(null);

		stopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

		logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.authenticateNonTLS - Connection time thru " + ldapsUrl + " was: "

				+ (stopTime - startTime) / 1000 + " seconds.");

		return true;

	}

	/**

	 * Get the identifying name for a given userid or name. This is the name

	 * that is used in conjunction withthe LDAP BaseDN to create a distinguished

	 * name (dn) for the record

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the user for which the identifying name is requested

	 * @returns String the identifying name for the user, or null if not found

	 */

	private String getIdentifyingName(String user, String ldapUrl, String ldapBase)

			throws NamingException {

		String identifier = null;

		Hashtable env = new Hashtable();

		env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

		env.put(Context.REFERRAL, "throw");

		env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, ldapUrl + ldapBase);

		try {

			int position = user.indexOf(",");

			String uid = user.substring(user.indexOf("=") + 1, position);

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.getIdentifyingName - uid is: " + uid);

			String org = user.substring(user.indexOf("=", position + 1) + 1, user

					.indexOf(",", position + 1));

			logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.getIdentifyingName - org is: " + org);

			DirContext sctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

			SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

			ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

			String filter = "(&(uid=" + uid + ")(o=" + org + "))";

			logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.getIdentifyingName - Searching for DNs with following filter: " + filter);

			for (boolean moreReferrals = true; moreReferrals;) {

				try {

					// Perform the search

					NamingEnumeration answer = sctx.search("", filter, ctls);

					// Return the answer

					while (answer.hasMore()) {

						SearchResult sr = (SearchResult) answer.next();

						identifier = sr.getName();

						return identifier;

					}

					// The search completes with no more referrals

					moreReferrals = false;

				} catch (ReferralException e) {

					logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.getIdentifyingName - Got referral: " + e.getReferralInfo());

					// Point to the new context from the referral

					if (moreReferrals) {

						// try following referral, skip if error

						boolean referralError = true;

						while (referralError) {

							try {

								sctx = (DirContext) e.getReferralContext();

								referralError = false;

							}

							catch (NamingException ne) {

								logMetacat.error("NamingException when getting referral contex. Skipping this referral. " + ne.getMessage());

								e.skipReferral();

								referralError = true;

							}

						}

					}

				}				

			}

		} catch (NamingException e) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getIdentifyingName - Naming exception while getting dn: " + e);

			throw new NamingException("Naming exception in AuthLdap.getIdentifyingName: "

					+ e);

		}

		return identifier;

	}

	/**

	 * Get all users from the authentication service

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the user for authenticating against the service

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authenticating against the service

	 * @returns string array of all of the user names

	 */

	public String[][] getUsers(String user, String password) throws ConnectException {

		String[][] users = null;

		// Identify service provider to use

		Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11);

		env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

		env.put(Context.REFERRAL, referral);

		env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, ldapUrl);

		env.put("com.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.timeout", ldapConnectTimeLimit);

		try {

			// Create the initial directory context

			DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

			// Specify the attributes to match.

			// Users are objects that have the attribute

			// objectclass=InetOrgPerson.

			SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

			String[] attrIDs = { "dn", "cn", "o", "ou", "mail" };

			ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

			ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

			ctls.setTimeLimit(ldapSearchTimeLimit);

			// ctls.setCountLimit(1000);

			String filter = "(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)";

			NamingEnumeration namingEnum = ctx.search(ldapBase, filter, ctls);

			// Store the users in a vector

			Vector uvec = new Vector();

			Vector uname = new Vector();

			Vector uorg = new Vector();

			Vector uou = new Vector();

			Vector umail = new Vector();

			Attributes tempAttr = null;

			try {

				while (namingEnum.hasMore()) {

					SearchResult sr = (SearchResult) namingEnum.next();

					tempAttr = sr.getAttributes();

					if ((tempAttr.get("cn") + "").startsWith("cn: ")) {

						uname.add((tempAttr.get("cn") + "").substring(4));

					} else {

						uname.add(tempAttr.get("cn") + "");

					}

					if ((tempAttr.get("o") + "").startsWith("o: ")) {

						uorg.add((tempAttr.get("o") + "").substring(3));

					} else {

						uorg.add(tempAttr.get("o") + "");

					}

					if ((tempAttr.get("ou") + "").startsWith("ou: ")) {

						uou.add((tempAttr.get("ou") + "").substring(4));

					} else {

						uou.add(tempAttr.get("ou") + "");

					}

					if ((tempAttr.get("mail") + "").startsWith("mail: ")) {

						umail.add((tempAttr.get("mail") + "").substring(6));

					} else {

						umail.add(tempAttr.get("mail") + "");

					}

					uvec.add(sr.getName() + "," + ldapBase);

				}

			} catch (SizeLimitExceededException slee) {

				logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getUsers - LDAP Server size limit exceeded. "

						+ "Returning incomplete record set.");

			}

			// initialize users[]; fill users[]

			users = new String[uvec.size()][5];

			for (int i = 0; i < uvec.size(); i++) {

				users[i][0] = (String) uvec.elementAt(i);

				users[i][1] = (String) uname.elementAt(i);

				users[i][2] = (String) uorg.elementAt(i);

				users[i][3] = (String) uorg.elementAt(i);

				users[i][4] = (String) umail.elementAt(i);

			}

			// Close the context when we're done

			ctx.close();

		} catch (NamingException e) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getUsers - Problem getting users in AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

			// e.printStackTrace(System.err);

			/*

			 * throw new ConnectException( "Problem getting users in

			 * AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

			 */

		}

		return users;

	}

	/**

	 * Get all users from the authentication service

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the user for authenticating against the service

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authenticating against the service

	 * @returns string array of all of the user names

	 */

	public String[] getUserInfo(String user, String password) throws ConnectException {

		String[] userinfo = new String[3];

		logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.getUserInfo - get the user info for user  "+user);

		// Identify service provider to use

		Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11);

		env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");	

		env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, ldapUrl);

		String realName = null;

		try {

		    realName = getAliasedDnNonTLS(user,env);

		} catch(Exception e) {

		    logMetacat.warn("AuthLdap.getUserInfo - can't get the alias name for the user "+user+" since "+e.getMessage());

		}

		logMetacat.info("AuthLdap.getUserInfo - the aliased dn for "+user+" is "+realName);

		if(realName != null) {

		    //the the user is an alias name. we need to use the the real name

		    user = realName;

		}

		try {

			// Create the initial directory context

		    env.put(Context.REFERRAL, referral);

			DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

			// Specify the attributes to match.

			// Users are objects that have the attribute

			// objectclass=InetOrgPerson.

			SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

			String[] attrIDs = { "cn", "o", "mail" };

			ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

			ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

			// ctls.setCountLimit(1000);

			// create the filter based on the uid

			String filter = null;

			/*if (user.indexOf("o=") > 0) {

				String tempStr = user.substring(user.indexOf("o="));

				filter = "(&(" + user.substring(0, user.indexOf(",")) + ")("

						+ tempStr.substring(0, tempStr.indexOf(",")) + "))";

			} else {

				filter = "(&(" + user.substring(0, user.indexOf(",")) + "))";

			}*/

			filter = "(&(" + user.substring(0, user.indexOf(",")) + "))";

			NamingEnumeration namingEnum = ctx.search(user, filter, ctls);

			Attributes tempAttr = null;

			try {

				while (namingEnum.hasMore()) {

					SearchResult sr = (SearchResult) namingEnum.next();

					tempAttr = sr.getAttributes();

					if ((tempAttr.get("cn") + "").startsWith("cn: ")) {

						userinfo[0] = (tempAttr.get("cn") + "").substring(4);

					} else {

						userinfo[0] = (tempAttr.get("cn") + "");

					}

					if ((tempAttr.get("o") + "").startsWith("o: ")) {

						userinfo[1] = (tempAttr.get("o") + "").substring(3);

					} else {

						userinfo[1] = (tempAttr.get("o") + "");

					}

					if ((tempAttr.get("mail") + "").startsWith("mail: ")) {

						userinfo[2] = (tempAttr.get("mail") + "").substring(6);

					} else {

						userinfo[2] = (tempAttr.get("mail") + "");

					}

				}

			} catch (SizeLimitExceededException slee) {

				logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getUserInfo - LDAP Server size limit exceeded. "

						+ "Returning incomplete record set.");

			}

			// Close the context when we're done

			ctx.close();

		} catch (NamingException e) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getUserInfo - Problem getting users:" + e);

			// e.printStackTrace(System.err);

			throw new ConnectException("Problem getting users in AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

		}

		return userinfo;

	}

	/**

	 * Get the users for a particular group from the authentication service

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the user for authenticating against the service

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authenticating against the service

	 * @param group

	 *            the group whose user list should be returned

	 * @returns string array of the user names belonging to the group

	 */

	public String[] getUsers(String user, String password, String group)

			throws ConnectException {

		String[] users = null;

		// Identify service provider to use

		Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11);

		env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

		env.put(Context.REFERRAL, referral);

		env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, ldapUrl);

		try {

			// Create the initial directory context

			DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

			// Specify the ids of the attributes to return

			String[] attrIDs = { "uniqueMember" };

			Attributes answer = ctx.getAttributes(group, attrIDs);

			Vector uvec = new Vector();

			try {

				for (NamingEnumeration ae = answer.getAll(); ae.hasMore();) {

					Attribute attr = (Attribute) ae.next();

					for (NamingEnumeration e = attr.getAll(); e.hasMore(); uvec.add(e

							.next())) {

						;

					}

				}

			} catch (SizeLimitExceededException slee) {

				logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getUsers - LDAP Server size limit exceeded. "

						+ "Returning incomplete record set.");

			}

			// initialize users[]; fill users[]

			users = new String[uvec.size()];

			for (int i = 0; i < uvec.size(); i++) {

				users[i] = (String) uvec.elementAt(i);

			}

			// Close the context when we're done

			ctx.close();

		} catch (NamingException e) {

			logMetacat.error("AuthLdap.getUsers - Problem getting users for a group in "

					+ "AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

			/*

			 * throw new ConnectException( "Problem getting users for a group in

			 * AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

			 */

		}

		return users;

	}

	/**

	 * Get all groups from the authentication service

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the user for authenticating against the service

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authenticating against the service

	 * @returns string array of the group names

	 */

	public String[][] getGroups(String user, String password) throws ConnectException {

		return getGroups(user, password, null);

	}

	/**

	 * Get the groups for a particular user from the authentication service

	 * 

	 * @param user

	 *            the user for authenticating against the service

	 * @param password

	 *            the password for authenticating against the service

	 * @param foruser

	 *            the user whose group list should be returned

	 * @returns string array of the group names

	 */

	public String[][] getGroups(String user, String password, String foruser)

			throws ConnectException {

		logMetacat.debug("AuthLdap.getGroups - getGroups() called.");

		// create vectors to store group and dscription values returned from the

		// ldap servers