property file Auth provider
This auth provider implementation reads users, roles and permissions from a property file that is compatible with the format used by Apache Shiro Properties Realm.
Note that there is no dependency on Apache Shiro as this is a new implementation that is simply compatible with the Apache Shiro format
The properties file should have the following structure:
Each line should either contain the username, password and roles for a user or the permissions in a role.
For a user line it should be of the form:
user.{username}={password},{roleName1},{roleName2},…,{roleNameN}
For a role line it should be of the form:
role.{roleName}={permissionName1},{permissionName2},…,{permissionNameN}
Here’s an example:
user.tim = mypassword,administrator,developer user.bob = hispassword,developer user.joe = anotherpassword,manager role.administrator=* role.manager=play_golf,say_buzzwords role.developer=do_actual_work
When describing roles a wildcard *
can be used to indicate that the role has all permissions.
The implementation currently assumes that user/password based authentication is used.