NLTMAuthenticator (Alfresco Repository REPO-3743-System API)

All Superinterfaces:

AuthenticationComponent, AuthenticationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationComponentImpl, ChainingAuthenticationComponentImpl, NTLMAuthenticationComponentImpl, SimpleAcceptOrRejectAllAuthenticationComponentImpl
```
public interface NLTMAuthenticator
extends AuthenticationComponent
```
An specialized AuthenticationComponent that is capable of handling NTLM authentication directly, either by 'passing through' to a domain server or by validating an MD4 hashed password. Unlike other authentication methods, these operations cannot be chained and must be handled by a specific authentication component.

Author:

dward

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationComponent
  AuthenticationComponent.UserNameValidationMode

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`net.sf.acegisecurity.Authentication`	`authenticate(net.sf.acegisecurity.Authentication token)`	Authenticate using a token.
`String`	`getMD4HashedPassword(String userName)`	Get the MD4 password hash, as required by NTLM based authentication methods.
`NTLMMode`	`getNTLMMode()`	Get the enum that describes NTLM integration.

Methods inherited from interface org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationComponent
authenticate, getDefaultAdministratorUserNames, getDefaultGuestUserNames, guestUserAuthenticationAllowed, setCurrentUser, setCurrentUser, setGuestUserAsCurrentUser

Methods inherited from interface org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationContext
clearCurrentSecurityContext, getCurrentAuthentication, getCurrentUserName, getGuestUserName, getGuestUserName, getSystemUserName, getSystemUserName, getUserDomain, isCurrentUserTheSystemUser, isGuestUserName, isSystemUserName, setCurrentAuthentication, setSystemUserAsCurrentUser, setSystemUserAsCurrentUser, setUserDetails

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
net.sf.acegisecurity.Authentication authenticate(net.sf.acegisecurity.Authentication token)
                                          throws org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException
```
    Authenticate using a token.
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - Authentication
    
    Returns:
    
    Authentication
    
    Throws:
    
    org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException - the authentication exception
  - getNTLMMode
```
NTLMMode getNTLMMode()
```
    Get the enum that describes NTLM integration.
    
    Returns:
    
    the NTLM mode
  - getMD4HashedPassword
```
String getMD4HashedPassword(String userName)
```
    Get the MD4 password hash, as required by NTLM based authentication methods.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userName - the user name
    
    Returns:
    
    the m d4 hashed password