Please look here http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CA%2BnxMTttAqSC3TMusbA8_CeDeykoQg56_NvOCHNA1naFSLdb%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=geoserver-users
and search for "ProxyAuthenticationFilter". Hope this helps Zitat von cheesybiscuits <thomaschrist...@gmail.com>: > I have a page in an existing Spring-based Java application that uses > GeoServer (2.2) via WMS & WFS, with requests originating from the client. > Users have to authenticate with the Java application but currently GeoServer > OWS services are accessed anonymously. > > This is changing, and now OWS services need to be secured. Reading through > the security / authentication documentation I don't see any option to > delegate authentication to another application. The closest I get is using a > J2EE filter so that Tomcat provides authentication using its users.xml file. > > Is there any way I can take the existing JSESSIONID cookie to verify that > the GeoServer request comes from a user that is logged into my Java > application? I don't want users to have to authenticate twice. It seems like > all the authentication options are based on setting up users & passwords > somewhere, in a database, xml file, or tomcat config file. > > Any thoughts much appreciated. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Delegate-authentication-to-separate-application-tp5009685.html > Sent from the GeoServer - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users