You could put a filter on /* in your app, and if the user is routed to the
login page (check the URL for an indexOf("login.jsp")) - then set a request
variable containing the parameter you want to save.Matt -----Original Message----- From: Val T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:46 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Auto Login Using Form Based Authentication Hi, I have an atypical situation in that I am trying to auto login users from another system (a Lotus Domino system) when they connect to my JSP application. I am using Tomcat 4.1.18 and have form based authentication working on it. I would prefer if the users did not have to explicitly login, because, as far as they are concerned, it's all part of the same application. Here is what I was hoping to be able to do: The user, who is already logged in on the Domino system, clicks on the link to my application. The link contains the user's UserID, as a parameter. The page they are linking to is in a restricted area, so Tomcat serves up the login page, which takes the UID parameter, retrieves the related password from the database, and logs the user in onload. I have it all working beautifully, EXCEPT that I can't seem to be able to retrieve the parameter from the URL. I suspect that it is lost when, instead of serving up the destination page, Tomcat serves up the login page instead. Is there a way to pass a parameter to the login page? I think the issue is the fact that you can't just call the login page directly. Does anyone see a way around this? I was thinking that maybe I'd have to link to an index page first, and then write a cookie, which I'd have to access from the login page. That seems like such a round-about way to go, when it would be so much simpler to just grab a parameter from the URL. Thanks in advance for any advice. Val --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
