Hi,
I don't know how to set up user authentication in Apache but until you do it
you have one other choice and that's to do authentication from a servlet:
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk/Servlets/FAQ/authentication.html
dave.
Annu Singh wrote:
> HI Everyone,
>
> I have been trying to get a remote user id in a servlet I have
> written. I am using the "getRemoteUser()" function but it returns a null. I
> was told to configure my Web server to allow user authentication. I tried
> doing it but have not been successful in doing so, as after making the
> changes mentioned in various docs - I still get a "null" value. (I have
> tried using ".htaccess" file, htpasswd command, security.authentication
> directive etc ... but did not work for me).
>
> Has anyone faced this before ? If yes then please do let me know.
>
> I am using
> Apache 1.3.6, with Apache JServ 1.0b5
> JSDK 2.0
> jdk 1.2
> Solaris 7
>
> Secondly, is there a mailing list for users of "Apache web server" ?
>
> TIA,
> Annu Singh
>
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