"javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: unable to find LoginModule class:" thrown from HttpSessionListener

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Issue

  • I get LoginException when a http session is invalidated. It tells that my custom LoginModule is not found.
17:11:53,710 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1) javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: unable to find LoginModule class: com.sample.login.MyLoginModule
17:11:53,711 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:800)
17:11:53,712 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:203)
17:11:53,713 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:690)
17:11:53,714 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:688)
17:11:53,715 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
17:11:53,715 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:687)
17:11:53,716 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.logout(LoginContext.java:636)
17:11:53,717 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at com.sample.web.MyHttpSessionListener.sessionDestroyed(MyHttpSessionListener.java:71)
17:11:53,718 ERROR [stderr] (http-/10.10.10.10:8080-1)       at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.expire(StandardSession.java:681)
...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Server (EAP)
    • 6.4
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal
    • 6.2.0

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