Are Servlet filters supposed to be called for both GET and POST methods? They seem to be getting called for GETs only on Tomcat 5. -Chris
> -----Original Message----- > From: Parmar, Dipakkumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 03:57 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: handling form based authentication w/ remember-me cookie > > Hi Max, > > I haven't tested it either. I read it about this in "IBM WebSphere V5.0 > Security handbook (page 64)". > > Regards, > Dipak Parmar > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:42 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: handling form based authentication w/ remember-me cookie > > > Dipak, > > Are you certain that the filter will be invoked on the /j_security_check > request when container-based security is used? I have not tested this, but > it would not surprise me to find that some containers do not execute filters > on /j_security_check requests. I don't know if the Servlet Spec says > anything about this case. > > Chris, > > Another alternative to the original problem of security with "remember me" > functionality will be available soon. A patch has been submitted to my > SecurityFilter project (http://www.securityfilter.org/) to support "remember > me" functionality. The integration should be complete soon, and a beta > release will be made available once the integration is complete. > SecurityFilter works very much like container-managed security otherwise, > including the configuration format (except that you declare the constraints > in a separate config file rather than web.xml). > > -Max > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Parmar, Dipakkumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 7:43 AM > Subject: RE: handling form based authentication w/ remember-me cookie > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > You can do this using Servlet Filter. What you need to do is write > > postLoginFilter that maps to the j_security_check url. > > > > In doFilter method, you can write your post login code after > > j_security_check done is work. > > > > Something like: > > public void doFilter(.....) > > > > // let the j_security_check to do it's work > > chain.doFilter(request, response) > > > > // do you post login stuff here > > > > Regards, > > Dipak Parmar > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Ruegger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:53 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: handling form based authentication w/ remember-me cookie > > > > > > I am using Struts and building a logon page to do Form-based > authentication > > under Tomcat. I want to also have a checkbox for the user to check that > says > > "remember me" so that I can send them a cookie. I'm not sure how to > > "intercept" > > the form values because I have to post to j_security_check. How can I get > > the > > check-box value, set up the cookie, and send them to j_security_check with > > struts? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

