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Chris Cawthorne (96●28●19) | asked Nov 13 '08, 10:18 a.m.
RTC 1.0 + LDAP + tomcat

If I attempt to login to RTC using either the web UI or the scm command, and I use an incorrect userid or password, we don't appear to log this anywhere. All failed login attempts should be logged, preferably with some additional details. Are failed login attempts logged anywhere, or is there some configuration change that I can make that will cause them to be logged?

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Scott Rich (571●3●6) | answered Nov 13 '08, 10:37 a.m.
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RTC 1.0 + LDAP + tomcat

If I attempt to login to RTC using either the web UI or the scm command, and I use an incorrect userid or password, we don't appear to log this anywhere. All failed login attempts should be logged, preferably with some additional details. Are failed login attempts logged anywhere, or is there some configuration change that I can make that will cause them to be logged?


Our intention for now is that this is a feature that should be provided by your LDAP provider. Products like Tivoli Access Manager provide extensive support for logging and auditing, and they catch all authentication requests from the Web, our Eclipse clients, random browsers, etc... And they do this in a way which is already connected to existing management software.

Scott Rich
IBM Jazz Team
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Chris Cawthorne (96●28●19) | answered Nov 13 '08, 11:38 a.m.
I'm not sure how this will work within IBM - we have a single ldap provider for the corporation (bluepages) - are you saying I'll have to contact the bluepages support group (on another continent and in a different time-zone) in order to find out whether somebody has been attempting to login to my server, or will Tivoli Access Manager allow me to get this infomation directly?
Or are you expecting the the bluepages support group will automatically notify me whenever somebody fails to login to my server?

One of the really nice things about administering something like CMVC is that it logs practically every action and this makes it extremely easy to identify almost all users' problems - it would be a real shame to go back to a system that doesn't log anything and where the administrators are left to grope round in the dark.
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Brian Gillan (321●53●30) | answered Nov 13 '08, 1:28 p.m.
cawthorn wrote:
I'm not sure how this will work within IBM - we have a single ldap
provider for the corporation (bluepages) - are you saying I'll have
to contact the bluepages support group (on another continent and in a
different time-zone) in order to find out whether somebody has been
attempting to login to my server, or will Tivoli Access Manager allow
me to get this infomation directly?
Or are you expecting the the bluepages support group will
automatically notify me whenever somebody fails to login to my
server?

I had a similar concern with respect to ensuring compliance. There's a

work item open for this
https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Jazz%20Project#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=61694.
I just added a comment that I've been unsuccessful in finding a way to
configure tomcat to log this information. I'm not sure if when using
WebSphere, there's a way to have this information logged.

Brian

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