Tip: Package Name Correction for Jetty LdapLoginModule

If you're following the Jetty tutorial for establishing JAAS authentication, and you have copied the sample configuration file for the LDAP module, you may come across this error message after you enter your username and password on your login page:

javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: unable to find LoginModule class: org.mortbay.jetty.plus.jaas.spi.LdapLoginModule

The reason is that, at least for the version of Jetty I'm using (6.1.21), the package name has changed to org.mortbay.jetty.plus.jaas.ldap.LdapLoginModule. Make that change in the ldaploginmodule sample in that tutorial and you'll solve this problem (assuming of course you have all the needed dependencies).

For your reference, here's the complete dependency list I'm using for a JSF-based app running with embedded Jetty 6.1.21:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
            <version>${jettyVersion}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
            <version>${jettyVersion}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
            <version>${jettyVersion}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jetty-plus</artifactId>
            <version>${jettyVersion}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jetty-ldap-jaas</artifactId>
            <version>${jettyVersion}</version>
        </dependency>