> >
> > logon.automatic=true
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>
> You just need an alternate login action that sets a cookie
> with a uid/auth token
> (or simply uid if you don't care about security) and modify
> the sessionValidator
> to automatically log you in if you have the cookie set.
> Pretty easy really.
Super. That takes care of the implementation ;)
Do you think 'automatic logon' is an important feature to add to the
jetspeed distribution?
IMO, I think it is, although it should be optional, and not the default
behavior.
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David Sean Taylor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raphael Luta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How can the user automatically login using a cookie?
>
>
> David Sean Taylor wrote:
>
> >>Can a cookie(s) be used to automatically login a user? This
> >>makes using
> >>Jetspeed as the user "homepage" convenient.
> >>
> >
> > Yes. Do you use excite or any of the other popular personal
> portals (yahoo)?
> > Im using MyExcite, and it always remembers to log me in to
> my personalized
> > page automatically.
> > I believe you just need to set a cookie with a long
> expiration time (or no
> > expiration).
> > The servlet cookie api is very easy.
> > This can be an option in Jetspeed - I just need to give it
> some thought as
> > to how it is configured and where the code should go.
> > Maybe in the JRP, something like:
> >
> > logon.automatic=true
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>
> You just need an alternate login action that sets a cookie
> with a uid/auth token
> (or simply uid if you don't care about security) and modify
> the sessionValidator
> to automatically log you in if you have the cookie set.
> Pretty easy really.
>
>
> --
> Raphael Luta - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Vivendi Universal Networks - Paris
>
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