Spring Security - Third Edition

Configuring LdapUserDetailsService

The configuration of LDAP as a UserDetailsService function is very similar to the configuration of an LDAP AuthenticationProvider. Like the JDBC UserDetailsService, an LDAP UserDetailsService interface is configured as a sibling to the <http> declaration. Make the following updates to the SecurityConfig.java file:

    //src/main/java/com/packtpub/springsecurity/configuration/SecurityConfig.java    @Bean    @Override    public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {       return super.userDetailsService();   }

Functionally, o.s.s.ldap.userdetails.LdapUserDetailsService is configured in almost exactly the same way as LdapAuthenticationProvider, with the exception that there is no attempt to use the principal's username to bind ...