How to handle AccessDeniedException in Spring Security?

[msaleh]

i am using spring security 3, and i want whenever the AccessDeniedException is thrown, the user get's redirected to specific page:

org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException: Access is denied
    	at org.springframework.security.access.vote.AffirmativeBased.decide(AffirmativeBased.java:71)
    	at org.springframework.security.access.intercept.AbstractSecurityInterceptor.beforeInvocation(AbstractSecurityInterceptor.java:203)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:106)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:97)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:78)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:112)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:54)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:35)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:177)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:187)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:79)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:169)
    	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:237)
    	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:167)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:198)
    	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
    	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
    	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
    	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
    	at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:964)
    	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
    	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302)
    	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

so i tried to use access-denied-handler
and here's the handler:

@Service("accessDeniedHandler")
    public class AccessDeniedHandler extends AccessDeniedHandlerImpl {
    
    	Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
    
    	@Override
    	public void handle(HttpServletRequest request,
    			HttpServletResponse response, AccessDeniedException exception)
    			throws IOException, ServletException {
    		log.info("############### Access Denied Handler!");
    		setErrorPage("/accessDenied");
    		super.handle(request, response, exception);
    	}
    
    }

- security.xml:

        <http use-expressions="true"  auto-config="true" >
    	     	  
    	<session-management session-fixation-protection="none"/>
    	    	    	    
            <remember-me  token-validity-seconds="1209600"/>
            
            <intercept-url pattern="/accessDenied" access="permitAll"/>
            
            <intercept-url pattern="/login" access="permitAll"/>
            <intercept-url pattern="/j_spring_security_check" access="permitAll" />
                   
            <intercept-url pattern="/faces/javax.faces.resource/**" access="permitAll"/>
    		<intercept-url pattern="/xmlhttp/**" access="permitAll" />
    		<intercept-url pattern="/resources/**" access="permitAll" />
    		
    		<intercept-url pattern="**/faces/javax.faces.resource/**" access="permitAll"/>
    		<intercept-url pattern="**/xmlhttp/**" access="permitAll" />
    		<intercept-url pattern="**/resources/**" access="permitAll" />
    		
            
            <intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
    
    	<access-denied-handler ref="accessDeniedHandler" />
 
        <!-- tried the error page too with no luck -->

        <!-- 
        <access-denied-handler error-page="/accessDenied" />
        -->
       
    			
    	</http>

but the issue: is that when the exception is thrown, it doesn't enter the accessDeniedHandler class, please advise.

[Rob Winch]

How did you configure Spring Security to use the AccessDeniedHandler? You will want to ensure to specify the <access-denied-handler ref="accessDeniedHandler"/>. See the Appendix for details. Can you post your Spring Security configuration? Another thing to note is that AccessDeniedHandler is probably not a @Service it is probably an @Component. Last be cautious about setting member variables inside methods (like setErrorPage) as this will likely lead to race conditions.

[msaleh]

i updated the question with xml configuration i am using.

[Rob Winch]

Can you include your entire Spring Security configuration? You stated that it never never enters your AccessDeniedHandler, what happens instead? For example, when I get AccessDeniedException I see an error page in the browser that says ".."

[msaleh]

just the exception is thrown in console, no other action.