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

 *    Release: @release@

 *

 *   '$Author: tao $'

 *     '$Date: 2002-03-22 14:24:20 -0800 (Fri, 22 Mar 2002) $'

 * '$Revision: 976 $'

 *

 * 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.InitialContext;

import javax.naming.directory.InvalidSearchFilterException;

import javax.naming.directory.Attribute;

import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;

import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttribute;

import javax.naming.directory.BasicAttributes;

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.*;

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, Runnable {

  private MetaCatUtil util = new MetaCatUtil();

  private String ldapUrl;

  private String ldapsUrl;

  private String ldapBase;

  private String referral;

  private Context referralContext;

  Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11);

  private Context rContext;

  private String userName;

  private String userPassword;

  ReferralException refExc;

  /** 

   * Construct an AuthLdap

   */

  public AuthLdap() {

    // Read LDAP URI for directory service information

    this.ldapUrl = MetaCatUtil.getOption("ldapurl");

    this.ldapsUrl = MetaCatUtil.getOption("ldapsurl");

    this.ldapBase = MetaCatUtil.getOption("ldapbase");

    this.referral = MetaCatUtil.getOption("referral");

  }

  /**

   * 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;

    try {

        // Check the usename as passed in

        authenticated = ldapAuthenticate(identifier, password);

    } catch (NullPointerException e) {

      util.debugMessage("NullPointerException b' password is null");

      util.debugMessage("NullPointerException while authenticating in " + 

                        "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + e);

      throw new ConnectException(

      "NullPointerException while authenticating in " + 

                        "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + e);

    } catch (NamingException e) {

      util.debugMessage("Naming exception while authenticating in " + 

                        "AuthLdap.authenticate: " + e);

      e.printStackTrace();

    } catch (Exception e) {

      util.debugMessage(e.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)

            throws ConnectException, NamingException, NullPointerException

  {

    double totStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

    boolean authenticated = false;

    if (identifier != null && !password.equals("")) 

    {

        //Pass the username and password to run() method

        userName=identifier;

        userPassword=password;

        // 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, "throw");

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

        if ( !ldapsUrl.equals(ldapUrl) ) 

        {

          // ldap is set on default port 389

          // ldaps is set on second port - 636 by default

          env.put(Context.SECURITY_PROTOCOL, "ssl");

        }

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

        env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, identifier);

        env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password);

        // If our auth credentials are invalid, an exception will be thrown

        DirContext ctx = null;

        try 

        {

          double startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

          //Here to check the autheration

          ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

          double stopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

          util.debugMessage("Connection time thru " + ldapsUrl + " was: " +

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

          authenticated = true;

          //tls.close();

          ctx.close();

          this.ldapUrl = ldapUrl;

          this.ldapBase = ldapBase;

          //break;

        } 

        catch (AuthenticationException ae) 

        {

          authenticated = false;

          if ( ctx != null ) 

          {

            ctx.close();

          }

        } 

        catch (javax.naming.InvalidNameException ine) 

        {

            util.debugMessage("An invalid DN was provided!");

        } 

        catch (javax.naming.ReferralException re) 

        {

          util.debugMessage("referral during authentication");

          util.debugMessage("Referral information: "+re.getReferralInfo());

          try

          {

            refExc = re;

            Thread t = new Thread(this);

            t.start();

            Thread.sleep(5000); //this is a manual override of ldap's 

                                //hideously long time out period.

            util.debugMessage("Awake after 5 seconds.");

            if (referralContext == null)

            {

              t.interrupt();

              authenticated = false;

            }

            else

            {

              authenticated = true;

            }

          }

          catch (Exception e)

          {

            authenticated = false;

          }

        }

    } 

    else 

    { 

        util.debugMessage("User not found");

    }

    double totStopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

    util.debugMessage("total ldap authentication time: " + 

                      (totStopTime - totStartTime)/1000 + " seconds");

    return authenticated;

  }

  /**

   * 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;

    // Identify service provider to use

    Hashtable env = new Hashtable(11);

    env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,

            "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

    util.debugMessage("setting referrals to: " + referral);

    env.put(Context.REFERRAL, referral);

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

    //    non-secure LDAP context; dn are publicly readable

    try {

      // Bind to the LDAP server, in order to search for the right

      // distinguished name (dn) based on userid (uid) or common name (cn)

      DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

      SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

      ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

      // Search for the user id or name using the uid, then cn and sn 

      //attributes

      // If we find a record, determine the dn for the record

      String filter = "(" + user + ")";

      NamingEnumeration answer;

      try {

        answer = ctx.search("", filter, ctls);

        if (answer.hasMore()) {

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

          identifier = sr.getName();

          if ( !sr.isRelative() ) { 

            this.ldapUrl = identifier.substring(0,

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

            this.ldapBase = identifier.substring(identifier.indexOf(",")+1);

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

                                              identifier.indexOf(","));

          }

          util.debugMessage("Found: " + identifier);

          return identifier;

        }

      } catch (InvalidSearchFilterException e) {}

      filter = "(uid=" + user + ")";

      answer = ctx.search("", filter, ctls);

      if (answer.hasMore()) {

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

        identifier = sr.getName();

        if ( !sr.isRelative() ) { 

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

          this.ldapBase = identifier.substring(identifier.indexOf(",")+1);

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

                                            identifier.indexOf(","));

        }

        util.debugMessage("Found: " + identifier);

      } else {

        filter = "(cn=" + user + ")";

        NamingEnumeration answer2 = ctx.search("", filter, ctls);

        if (answer2.hasMore()) {

          SearchResult sr = (SearchResult)answer2.next();

          identifier = sr.getName();

          if ( !sr.isRelative() ) { 

            this.ldapUrl = identifier.substring(0,

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

            this.ldapBase = identifier.substring(identifier.indexOf(",")+1);

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

                                              identifier.indexOf(","));

          }

          util.debugMessage("Found: " + identifier);

        } else {

          filter = "(sn=" + user + ")";

          NamingEnumeration answer3 = ctx.search("", filter, ctls);

          if (answer3.hasMore()) {

            SearchResult sr = (SearchResult)answer3.next();

            identifier = sr.getName();

            if ( !sr.isRelative() ) { 

              this.ldapUrl = identifier.substring(0,

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

              this.ldapBase = identifier.substring(identifier.indexOf(",")+1);

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

                                                identifier.indexOf(","));

            }

            util.debugMessage("Found: " + identifier);

          }

        }

      }

      // Close the context when we're done the initial search

      ctx.close();

    } catch (NamingException e) {

      util.debugMessage("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);

    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"};

        ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

        ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

        //ctls.setCountLimit(1000);

        String filter = "(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)";

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

        // Store the users in a vector

        Vector uvec = new Vector();

        try {

            while (enum.hasMore()) {

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

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

            }

        } catch (SizeLimitExceededException slee) {

            util.debugMessage("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) {

      util.debugMessage("Problem getting users in AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

      e.printStackTrace(System.err);

      throw new ConnectException(

      "Problem getting users in AuthLdap.getUsers:" + e);

    }

    return users;

  }

  /**

   * 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) {

            util.debugMessage("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) {

      util.debugMessage("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

  {

    String[] groups = null;

    //Pass the username and password to run() method

    userName=user;

    userPassword=password;

    // Identify service provider to use

    env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, 

            "com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");

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

    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 = {"cn"};

        // Specify the attributes to match.

        // Groups are objects with attribute objectclass=groupofuniquenames.

        // and have attribute uniquemember: uid=foruser,ldapbase.

        SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

        ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

        ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

        String filter = null;

        String gfilter = "(objectClass=groupOfUniqueNames)";

        if (null == foruser) {

            filter = gfilter;

        } else {

            filter = "(& " + gfilter + "(uniqueMember=" + foruser + "))";

        }

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

        // Print the groups

        Vector uvec = new Vector();

        while (enum.hasMore()) {

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

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

        }

        // initialize groups[] and fill it

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

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

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

        }

        // Close the context when we're done

        ctx.close();

    } catch (ReferralException re) {

      try

      {

        refExc = re;

        Thread t = new Thread(this);

        util.debugMessage("Starting thread...");

        t.start();

        util.debugMessage("sleeping for 5 seconds.");

        Thread.sleep(5000); 

        //this is a manual override of ldap's hideously long time

        //out period.

        util.debugMessage("Awake after 5 seconds.");

        if (referralContext == null)

        {

          t.interrupt();

          return null;

        }

        DirContext dc = (DirContext)referralContext;

        String[] attrIDs = {"cn"};

        // Specify the attributes to match.

        // Groups are objects with attribute objectclass=groupofuniquenames.

        // and have attribute uniquemember: uid=foruser,ldapbase.

        SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

        ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

        ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

        String filter = null;

        String gfilter = "(objectClass=groupOfUniqueNames)";

        if (null == foruser) {

            filter = gfilter;

        } else {

            filter = "(& " + gfilter + "(uniqueMember=" + foruser + "))";

        }

        NamingEnumeration enum = dc.search(ldapBase, filter, ctls);

        // Print the groups

        Vector uvec = new Vector();

        while (enum.hasMore()) {

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

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

        }

        // initialize groups[] and fill it

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

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

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

        }

        referralContext.close();

        dc.close();

      }

      catch (Exception e)

      {

        return groups;

      }

    } catch (NamingException e) {

      e.printStackTrace(System.err);

      throw new ConnectException(

      "Problem getting groups for a user in AuthLdap.getGroups:" + e);

    } 

    return groups;

  }

  /**

   * Get attributes describing a user or group

   *

   * @param foruser the user for which the attribute list is requested

   * @returns HashMap a map of attribute name to a Vector of values

   */

  public HashMap getAttributes(String foruser) 

         throws ConnectException

  {

    return getAttributes(null, null, foruser);

  }

  /**

   * Get attributes describing a user or group

   *

   * @param user the user for authenticating against the service

   * @param password the password for authenticating against the service

   * @param foruser the user whose attributes should be returned

   * @returns HashMap a map of attribute name to a Vector of values

   */

  public HashMap getAttributes(String user, String password, String foruser) 

         throws ConnectException

  {

    HashMap attributes = new HashMap();

    String ldapUrl = this.ldapUrl;

    String ldapBase = this.ldapBase;

    String userident = foruser;

    // 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);

      // Ask for all attributes of the user 

      //Attributes attrs = ctx.getAttributes(userident);

      Attributes attrs = ctx.getAttributes(foruser);

      // Print all of the attributes

      NamingEnumeration en = attrs.getAll();

      while (en.hasMore()) {

        Attribute att = (Attribute)en.next();

        Vector values = new Vector();

        String attName = att.getID();

        NamingEnumeration attvalues = att.getAll();

        while (attvalues.hasMore()) {

          String value = (String)attvalues.next();

          values.add(value);

        }

        attributes.put(attName, values);

      }

      // Close the context when we're done

      ctx.close();

    } catch (NamingException e) {

      util.debugMessage("Problem getting attributes in " + 

              "AuthLdap.getAttributes:" + e);

      throw new ConnectException(

      "Problem getting attributes in AuthLdap.getAttributes:" + e);

    }

    return attributes;

  }

  /**

   * Get list of all subtrees holding Metacat's groups and users

   * starting from the Metacat LDAP root, 

   * i.e. ldap://dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org

   */

  private Hashtable getSubtrees(String user, String password,

                                String ldapUrl, String ldapBase)

                throws ConnectException

  {

    Hashtable trees = new Hashtable();

    // 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 + ldapBase);

    try {

        // Create the initial directory context

        DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);

        // Specify the ids of the attributes to return

        String[] attrIDs = {"o","ref"};

        SearchControls ctls = new SearchControls();

        ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrIDs);

        ctls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);

        // Specify the attributes to match.

        // Subtrees from the main server are found as objects with attribute

        // objectclass=organization or objectclass=referral to the subtree

        // resided on other server.

        String filter = "(|(objectclass=organization)(objectclass=referral))";

        // Search for objects in the current context

        NamingEnumeration enum = ctx.search("", filter, ctls);

        // Print the subtrees' <ldapURL, baseDN>

        while (enum.hasMore()) {

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

          Attributes attrs = sr.getAttributes();

          NamingEnumeration enum1 = attrs.getAll(); // "dc" and "ref" attrs

          if (enum1.hasMore()) {

            Attribute attr = (Attribute)enum1.next();

            String attrValue = (String)attr.get();

            String attrName = (String)attr.getID();

            if ( enum1.hasMore() ) {

              attr = (Attribute)enum1.next();

              String refValue = (String)attr.get();

              String refName = (String)attr.getID();

               if ( ldapBase.startsWith(refName + "=" + refValue) ) {

                trees.put(ldapBase,

                         attrValue.substring(0,attrValue.lastIndexOf("/")+1) );

              } else {

                trees.put(refName + "=" + refValue + "," + ldapBase,

                         attrValue.substring(0,attrValue.lastIndexOf("/")+1) );

              }

            } else if ( ldapBase.startsWith(attrName + "=" + attrValue) ) {

                trees.put(ldapBase, ldapUrl);

            } else {              

                trees.put(attrName + "=" + attrValue + "," + ldapBase, ldapUrl);               

            }

          }

        }

        // Close the context when we're done

        ctx.close();

    } catch (NamingException e) {

      util.debugMessage("Problem getting subtrees in AuthLdap.getSubtrees:" 

                        + e);

      throw new ConnectException(

      "Problem getting subtrees in AuthLdap.getSubtrees:" + e);

    }

    return trees;

  }

  /**

   * Get all groups and users from authentication scheme.

   * The output is formatted in XML.

   * @param user the user which requests the information

   * @param password the user's password

   */

  public String getPrincipals(String user, String password)

                throws ConnectException

  {

    StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer();

    Vector usersIn = new Vector();

    out.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n");

    out.append("<principals>\n");

    /*

     * get all subtrees first in the current dir context 

     * and then the Metacat users under them

     */

    Hashtable subtrees = getSubtrees(user,password,this.ldapUrl,this.ldapBase);

    Enumeration enum = subtrees.keys();

    while ( enum.hasMoreElements() ) {

      this.ldapBase = (String)enum.nextElement();

      this.ldapUrl = (String)subtrees.get(ldapBase);

      out.append("  <authSystem URI=\"" + 

                 this.ldapUrl + this.ldapBase + "\">\n");

      // get all groups for directory context

      String[] groups = getGroups(user, password);

      // for the groups and users that belong to them

      if ( groups!=null && groups.length > 0 ) {

        for (int i=0; i < groups.length; i++ ) {

          out.append("    <group>\n");

          out.append("      <groupname>" + groups[i] + "</groupname>\n");

          String[] usersForGroup = getUsers(user,password,groups[i]);

          for (int j=0; j < usersForGroup.length; j++ ) {

            usersIn.addElement(usersForGroup[j]);

            out.append("      <user>\n");

            out.append("        <username>" + usersForGroup[j] + 

                        "</username>\n");

            out.append("      </user>\n");

          }

          out.append("    </group>\n");

        }

      }

      // for the users not belonging to any group

      String[] users = getUsers(user, password);

      for (int j=0; j < users.length; j++ ) {

        if ( !usersIn.contains(users[j]) ) {

          out.append("    <user>\n");

          out.append("      <username>" + users[j] + "</username>\n");

          out.append("    </user>\n");

        }

      }

      out.append("  </authSystem>\n");

      if ( !usersIn.isEmpty() ) {

        usersIn.removeAllElements();

        usersIn.trimToSize();

      }

    }

    out.append("</principals>");

    return out.toString();

  }

  /**

   * Test method for the class

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    // Provide a user, such as: "Matt Jones", or "jones"

    String user = args[0];

    String password = args[1];

    AuthLdap authservice = new AuthLdap();

    boolean isValid = false;

    try {

      isValid = authservice.authenticate(user, password);

      if (isValid) {

        MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("Authentication successful for: " + user );

      } else {

        MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("Authentication failed for: " + user);

      }

      // Get attributes for the user

      if (isValid) {

        MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("\nGetting attributes for user....");

        HashMap userInfo = authservice.getAttributes(user, password, user);

        // Print all of the attributes

        Iterator attList = (Iterator)(((Set)userInfo.keySet()).iterator());

        while (attList.hasNext()) {

          String att = (String)attList.next();

          Vector values = (Vector)userInfo.get(att);

          Iterator attvalues = values.iterator();

          while (attvalues.hasNext()) {

            String value = (String)attvalues.next();

            MetaCatUtil.debugMessage(att + ": " + value);

          }

        }

      }

      // get the groups

      if (isValid) {

        MetaCatUtil.debugMessage("\nGetting all groups....");