Declare security constraint on user with multiple roles inclusive

Question

I have 2 roles.

One is admin role that can see all pages.

<security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
        <web-resource-name>Admin Pages</web-resource-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>admin</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

Other is it role that can see IT pages.

<security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
        <web-resource-name>IT Pages</web-resource-name>
        <url-pattern>/it/*</url-pattern>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>it</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

Here I have a page that admin and it must access, but only in case the user have both roles admin and it and not only one of them.

<security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
        <web-resource-name>Admin and it Pages</web-resource-name>
        <url-pattern>/other/*</url-pattern>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>admin</role-name>
        <role-name>it</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

But the actual behavior of previous <security-constraint> is that admin or it role can access this page.

How can I achieve to apply that user must be declared to the 2 roles admin and it in order to access this page and not only one of them?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '16 at 08:18

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This is not possible. Roles doesn't work that way. You seem to have the meaning of roles backwards. It's perhaps easier to think of roles as permissions.

Just create a new role.

answered Apr 04 '16 at 08:18

BalusC

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I know that its just creating a new role but i am trying to see if this thing can be applied in web.xml – bob-cac Apr 06 '16 at 06:08

Declare security constraint on user with multiple roles inclusive

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