How to populate session after authenticate

2006-03-28 Thread Dave
I am using JBoss. The servlet Form authentication is nice, but I need something more flexible. Users are allowed to login on any unprotected page and stay in the same page after lgoin. I have database table to store username and password. After verifying username and password, what

How to populate session after authenticate

2006-03-28 Thread Terence M. Bandoian
Hi- As I understand it, HttpServletRequest.getRemoteUser() returns the user name entered if HTTP authentication (RFC2617) is used. According to the JavaDoc, its return value is Same as the value of the CGI variable REMOTE_USER. -Terence M. Bandoian Subject: Re: How to populate session after