Siteminder integartion Problem in 4.1

Question

We are using the site minder authentication in confluence 4.1 now we are trying to use same in confluence 4.3.

we found couple of classes changed in the confluence4.3 for authentication
 so that we are getting run time errors.

We are using below method:

if (existingSession != null && existingSession.getAttribute(DefaultAuthenticator.LOGGED_IN_KEY) != null)
        {

log.info("in method 3");
       Principal loggedInUser= (Principal) existingSession.getAttribute(DefaultAuthenticator.LOGGED_IN_KEY);

//log.info("{} is already logged in."+ loggedInUser.getName());
            return  loggedInUser;
        }

We are getting the ClassCastException

Cause

java.lang.ClassCastException: com.atlassian.confluence.user.SessionSafePrincipal cannot be cast to com.atlassian.user.User
    at com.atlassian.confluence.user.AuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.getUser(AuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.java:25)
Stack Trace:[hide]

java.lang.ClassCastException: com.atlassian.confluence.user.SessionSafePrincipal cannot be cast to com.atlassian.user.User
	at com.atlassian.confluence.user.AuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.getUser(AuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.java:25)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:36)
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:211)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.security.auth.trustedapps.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:98)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:30)
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	erInternal(GzipFilter.java:74)

Mahipal Reddy2 · Answer

Thank you peter.

How we will get all Active directory and Ldap users information from "UserDirectories"

what is the bean name we need to use.

private DirectoryManager getDirectoryManager()
    {

if (directoryManager == null)
            directoryManager = (DirectoryManager) ContainerManager.getInstance().getContainerContext().getComponent("directoryManager");
       // System.out.println("getDirectoryManager...2"+directoryManager);
        return directoryManager;
    }

PeterKoczan · Answer

Hi,

One of our customers ran into the same problem and published his findings on this answers thread. I suggest that you review it and see if the information there is useful for you.

Kind regards,

Peter