Merge branch 's1832' into ac2

        final LdapGroupPersistence<HttpPrincipal> gp = 

                getLdapGroupPersistence();

        // Users (proxy and the user to be impersonated) are not authenticated

        // at this point so in order to make the calls to check their group

        // membership we need to create corresponding subjects and run the

        // get groups command in the corresponding subject context.

        AuthenticatorImpl ai = new AuthenticatorImpl();

        Subject proxySubject = new Subject();

        proxySubject.getPrincipals().add(new HttpPrincipal(proxyUser));