Hi all,
the implementation of GSIP 19 has just been enabled on trunk.
You can play with it by defining your layers.properties file
as instructed at:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GSIP+19+-+Per+layer+security
The changes on that file are detected live, so you can change
and instantly see the effects.
One caveat, if you're logged in as administrator, you'll get
"root powers", meaning that every request made from the
same browser will alway be authorized. If you're trying to
see the effects of different security configuration, use
something else to hit the server (another browser, a command
line utility such as wget or curl) or simply log out from
the GeoServer admin interface.
Now, I've tested this, but you never know if it might cause
you troubles. If it does and you're stuck, just go into
the "main" module, applicationContext.xml, and change the
following line:
<alias name="secureCatalog" alias="catalog2"/>
into
<alias name="rawCatalog" alias="catalog2"/>
By doing so you'll disable the secure catalog and you should
be good again (and please, report back to me what went
wrong that you had to revert the secured catalog).
Well, if you try it out, let me know how it goes.
Cheers
Andrea