LDAP to Active Directory on GlassFish works, but still seeing javax.naming.PartialResultException - active-directory

Question

Using GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1.1, thrown the web admin console, I created a security realm (Configurations -> server-config -> Security -> Realms) as follows:
Realm Name: MyLdapRealm
Class Name: com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.realm.ldap.LDAPRealm
JAAS Context: ldapRealm
Directory: ldap://<server>:389
Base DN: dc=<company>,dc=com
Assign Groups: Domain Users
with the following additional properties
search-bind-dn: <admin>#<company>.com
search-bind-password: <password>
search-filter: (&(objectCategory=user)(sAMAccountName=%s))
group-search-filter: (&(objectCategory=group)(member=%d))
referrals: follow
Then I added the JVM option (Configurations -> server-config -> JVM Settings -> JVM Options):
-Djava.naming.referral=follow
My web.xml has
...
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Security</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/protected/*</url-pattern>
<http-method>GET</http-method>
<http-method>POST</http-method>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>Protected</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<security-role>
<role-name>Protected</role-name>
</security-role>
<login-config>
<auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
<realm-name>MyLdapRealm</realm-name>
</login-config>
...
And my sun-web.xml has
...
<security-role-mapping>
<role-name>Protected</role-name>
<group-name>Domain Users</group-name>
</security-role-mapping>
...
When I access any of the pages in the protected path, I get the default login prompt from the browser and I am able to authenticate and view the page. However, my server log shows:
WARNING: SEC1106: Error during LDAP search with filter [(&(objectCategory=group)(member=CN=<name>,OU=<a>,OU=<b>,OU=<c>,dc=<company>,dc=com))].
WARNING: SEC1000: Caught exception.
javax.naming.PartialResultException: Unprocessed Continuation Reference(s); remaining name 'dc=<company>,dc=com'
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2820)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2794)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapNamingEnumeration.getNextBatch(LdapNamingEnumeration.java:129)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapNamingEnumeration.hasMoreImpl(LdapNamingEnumeration.java:198)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapNamingEnumeration.hasMore(LdapNamingEnumeration.java:171)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.realm.ldap.LDAPRealm.groupSearch(LDAPRealm.java:702)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.realm.ldap.LDAPRealm.findAndBind(LDAPRealm.java:497)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LDAPLoginModule.authenticate(LDAPLoginModule.java:108)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.PasswordLoginModule.authenticateUser(PasswordLoginModule.java:117)
at com.sun.appserv.security.AppservPasswordLoginModule.login(AppservPasswordLoginModule.java:148)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor360.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:769)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:186)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:680)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:579)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.doPasswordLogin(LoginContextDriver.java:382)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.login(LoginContextDriver.java:240)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.login(LoginContextDriver.java:153)
at com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.authenticate(RealmAdapter.java:512)
at com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.authenticate(RealmAdapter.java:453)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.BasicAuthenticator.authenticate(BasicAuthenticator.java:168)
at com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.invokeAuthenticateDelegate(RealmAdapter.java:1326)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:551)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:623)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:98)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.invoke(PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:162)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:231)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:174)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:828)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:725)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1019)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:225)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
at com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
at com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
WARNING: SEC1106: Error during LDAP search with filter [(&(objectclass=groupofuniquenames)(objectclass=*groupofurls*))].
WARNING: SEC1000: Caught exception.
javax.naming.PartialResultException: Unprocessed Continuation Reference(s); remaining name 'dc=<company>,dc=com'
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2820)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2794)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.searchAux(LdapCtx.java:1826)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_search(LdapCtx.java:1749)
at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentDirContext.p_search(ComponentDirContext.java:368)
at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:338)
at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:321)
at javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext.search(InitialDirContext.java:248)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.realm.ldap.LDAPRealm.dynamicGroupSearch(LDAPRealm.java:647)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.realm.ldap.LDAPRealm.findAndBind(LDAPRealm.java:500)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LDAPLoginModule.authenticate(LDAPLoginModule.java:108)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.PasswordLoginModule.authenticateUser(PasswordLoginModule.java:117)
at com.sun.appserv.security.AppservPasswordLoginModule.login(AppservPasswordLoginModule.java:148)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor360.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:769)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:186)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:680)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:579)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.doPasswordLogin(LoginContextDriver.java:382)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.login(LoginContextDriver.java:240)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.auth.login.LoginContextDriver.login(LoginContextDriver.java:153)
at com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.authenticate(RealmAdapter.java:512)
at com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.authenticate(RealmAdapter.java:453)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.BasicAuthenticator.authenticate(BasicAuthenticator.java:168)
at com.sun.web.security.RealmAdapter.invokeAuthenticateDelegate(RealmAdapter.java:1326)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:551)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:623)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:98)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.invoke(PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:162)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:231)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:174)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:828)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:725)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1019)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:225)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
at com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
at com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Why am I getting this stack trace in the server log? Why does it not recognize that I have the java.naming.referral JVM option set to follow? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

I've found here:
http://java.net/jira/browse/GLASSFISH-4769
The REFERRAL flag can be set by passing "java.naming.referral=follow"
to the LDAP Realm options.
It works for me. Property "java.naming.referral" is defined in javax.naming.Context.REFERRAL