But does this work with Form based authenticaiton and realms... How do you let the realm know that the user remembered so the login can be bypassed?
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:23 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Form based security and "Remember Me" > > > > Howdy, > I'm not doing this, and I'm one of those people who cleans > their cache every time their browser is closed (12Ghosts auto > wash is among the greatest tools I've ever seen for any > computing purpose, ever), so Remember Me functionality > doesn't typically work for me, but... > > >Is anyone doing this at all? And if so how? > > Assuming remember me is a checkbox, e.g. > <input type="checkbox" name="rememberUser">Remember Me</input> > > Then something like: > String rememberUserString = request.getParameter("rememeberUser"); > if((rememebrUserString != null) && > (rememeberUserString.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) { > // Create cookie > Cookie userInfoCookie = new Cookie(...); > response.addCookie(userInfoCookie); > } > > Then other pages in the app attempt to retrieve the cookie (using > request.getCookies() and iterating through the cookies. You > can retrieve the information in a fairly cross-browser, > server-independent way. > > You can also set attributes in the session > (HttpSession.setAttribute("myUserName", username) or > whatever) or do it in many other ways. > > Yoav Shapira > Millennium ChemInformatics > > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential > business communication, and may contain information that is > confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is > intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, > and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by > anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, > please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
