This is a very simple AuthProvider which provides for a "magic password" which will allow someone who knows it to authenticate as any user. For obvious reasons, the password should be set and managed very securely.

This will audit all failed attempts to authenticate using the openfire-audit-plugin mechanism (if available). Optionally, it can also audit succesful attempts to login.

To use this class, place it on openfire's classpath (in /opt/openfire/lib is fine) and set the following properties in the openfire "system properties" page:

• hybridAuthProvider.tertiaryProvider.className = com.surevine.chat.openfire.auth.SuperuserAuthProvider
• com.surevine.chat.openfire.auth.superuserPassword = [the password]
• (optionally) com.surevine.chat.openfire.auth.logSuperuserLogins = true
• (optionally) com.surevine.chat.openfire.auth.auditPluginName = [the name of the audit plugin to use]

This provider essentially opens a security hole in your Openfire installation by prioviding a single "skeleton key" password which will let anyone with knowledge of that password log in and masqerade as anyone else, include any administrative user. It was built for a very specific purpose, and probably has little value outside of that intended purpose.

You have been warned.