Integration with Other Services 

Security Service

The naming system uses the Security Provider Service for authentication when obtaining an InitialContext. The following security roles are available:

●     "jndi_get_initial_context" – this security role is checked in the getInitialContext operation. The users that want new InitialContext and have permission to get it will receive it; otherwise an exception is thrown. The default user group mapped to this role is All.

●     "jndi_all_operations” – this security role is checked after the previous role. If the client is mapped to this role, it will get an InitialContext and permission to perform all naming operations in this context. Otherwise, it will get a context in which only lookup operation is allowed. The default user group mapped to this role is Administrators.

For more information how to change the default mapping, see Security Roles Management (in the Administration Manual).

P4 Provider Service

When you perform a naming operation in the naming system, you need a context instance. The proper context is returned by the chosen factory according to the type of the client and the properties set in the environment.

If the client is running on the server side, the factory does not use the P4 Provider Service to get a new context instance. If however, the client is a remote one, the P4 Provider Service provides the connection between the client side and the server side.

For more information, see: Load Balancing of Client RMI-P4 Requests.