IF your servlet is protected by authentication(the sort where the browser
pops up the user:password dialog), THEN getRemoteUser() will return the
supplied username.
This authentication is implemented by the web-server itself.
regards,
kishor
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From: PIYUSH NIGAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In that case what does request.getRemoteUser() return
>
> Piyush Nigam
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Rubis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 11:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: getting remote user NT login
>
>
> Hey!
>
> Check the archives of this
> http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html
> list. It has been discussed before.
>
> Basically you *can not* get from here to there.
>
> Have them login-in.
>
> Sans adieu,
> Danny Rubis
>
> Jayesh Shah wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to get the NT-login name of the remote user for my intranet
> > application in my Login servlet. I want to authenticate the user using
> their
> > NT logins in my application. For this I am using request.getRemoteUser()
> but
> > this returns me null. Can anybody help me..
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Jayesh Shah
> > A C Software Inc
> >
> >
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