The JAAS Control flag SUFFICIENT is used when you have multiple LDAP authentication providers and you want the following behavior:

Immediate Return on Success:

If authentication succeeds with the current provider, control is returned to the caller immediately, and no subsequent providers in the list are executed.

This is efficient and reduces unnecessary processing if a user's credentials are successfully authenticated by one of the initial providers.

Continue on Failure:

If authentication fails with the current provider, the authentication process continues down the list of providers until a successful authentication occurs or all providers are exhausted.

This ensures that all available providers are tried before authentication is ultimately denied.

The SUFFICIENT control flag is thus well-suited for configurations where multiple authentication providers are used, and only one successful authentication is needed to grant access.

References:

Apache Jackrabbit Oak Documentation

JAAS Control Flags