Technical references : Administration : JAAS login modules
JAAS login modules
Planon Software Suite uses the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) to authenticate users. All login modules used are based on JAAS. The order in which the login modules are configured combined with their value for the property “flag” is relevant for proper functioning of Planon. Customers may configure the strictness of the login module based on the following values, see table below.
Keep in mind that misconfiguration of the authentication modules may negatively affect the performance of your system, harm your system’s security, cause unpredictable authentication behavior, or may prevent users from logging on at all. In the chapters that are about authentication, other login modules are added to the default set and the advised value for the flag is indicated.
Flag value
Description
“requisite”
The Login Module is required to succeed. If it succeeds, authentication continues down the Login Module list. If it fails, control immediately returns to the application (authentication does not proceed down the Login Module list).
“required”
The Login Module is required to succeed. Whether it succeeds or fails, authentication still continues to proceed down the Login Module list.
“optional”
The Login Module is not required to succeed. Whether it succeeds or fails, authentication still continues to proceed down the Login Module list.
“sufficient”
The Login Module is not required to succeed. If it succeeds, control immediately returns to the application (authentication does not proceed down the Login Module list). If it fails, authentication continues down the Login Module list.