How to set up a password for openrdf workbench?

Question

I have successfully installed Openrdf Repository (sesame 2.3.2) and Openrdf workbench however I do not know how to set up a user and a password to protect Openrdf workbench. I suppose that there is --somewhere -- a configuration file.

Can somebody give me a hint how to create a user and set up a password for openrdf workbench?

Answer 1

I believe you need to password protect at the servlet container level. Are you using Tomcat? Here's what I used to set up basic authentication with Tomcat 6:

web.xml

<security-constraint>
  <web-resource-collection>
    <web-resource-name>Sesame Workbench</web-resource-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </web-resource-collection>
  <auth-constraint>
    <role-name>sesame-user</role-name>
  </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>          

<login-config>
  <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
  <realm-name>Sesame Workbench</realm-name>
</login-config>

<security-role>
  <description>The role required for Sesame workbench</description>
  <role-name>sesame-user</role-name>
</security-role>

tomcat-users.xml

<role rolename="sesame-user"/>
<user username="workbench" password="workbench" roles="sesame-user"/>