Separate modules for authentication and authorisation

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/rabbit_access_control.erl b/src/rabbit_access_control.erl
index d54c2a8d..e3d9f94f 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_access_control.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_access_control.erl
@@ -52,18 +52,31 @@ check_user_pass_login(Username, Password) ->
 check_user_login(Username, AuthProps) ->
     {ok, Modules} = application:get_env(rabbit, auth_backends),
     lists:foldl(
-      fun(Module, {refused, _, _}) ->
-              case Module:check_user_login(Username, AuthProps) of
-                  {error, E} ->
-                      {refused, "~s failed authenticating ~s: ~p~n",
-                       [Module, Username, E]};
-                  Else ->
-                      Else
+      fun (Mod, {refused, _, _}) ->
+              %% Same module for authN and authZ. Just take the result
+              %% it gives us
+              try_login(Mod, Username, AuthProps);
+          ({ModN, ModZ}, {refused, _, _}) ->
+              %% Different modules for authN vs authZ. So authenticate
+              %% with authN module, then if that succeeds do
+              %% passwordless (i.e pre-authenticated) login with authZ
+              %% module, and use the #user{} the latter gives us.
+              case try_login(ModN, Username, AuthProps) of
+                  {ok, _} -> try_login(ModZ, Username, []);
+                  Else    -> Else
               end;
-         (_, {ok, User}) ->
+          (_, {ok, User}) ->
+              %% We've successfully authenticated. Skip to the end...
               {ok, User}
       end, {refused, "No modules checked '~s'", [Username]}, Modules).
 
+try_login(Module, Username, AuthProps) ->
+    case Module:check_user_login(Username, AuthProps) of
+        {error, E} -> {refused, "~s failed authenticating ~s: ~p~n",
+                       [Module, Username, E]};
+        Else       -> Else
+    end.
+
 check_vhost_access(User = #user{ username     = Username,
                                  auth_backend = Module }, VHostPath) ->
     check_access(