Subject: Saving Userid under Form-based Security
From: "Dave Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
===
For convenience, I wish to save the userid in a cookie when the form-based
login.jsp is processed. I have tried a few different approaches, without
success. My current effort is to use a Filter, which includes the following
methods:
(The environment is Tomcat 4.0.2 running on AIX 4.3.3. The browser is IE 6.0
under Windows 2000)
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
FilterChain chain)
throws IOException, ServletException {
if (filterConfig == null)
return;
chain.doFilter(request, response);
HttpSession session = ((HttpServletRequest)request).getSession();
if (session.getAttribute("savedUserid") == null) {
saveUserid(request, response);
session.setAttribute("savedUserid", Boolean.TRUE);
}
}
public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
this.filterConfig = filterConfig;
}
public void destroy() {}
private void saveUserid(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
{
String userid = ((HttpServletRequest)request).getRemoteUser();
System.out.println("In Filter, saving userid (" + userid + ")");
if ((userid != null) && (userid.length() != 0)) {
Cookie frswebCookie = new LongLivedCookie("userid", userid);
((HttpServletResponse)response).addCookie(frswebCookie);
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
My Catalina.out log shows "In Filter, saving userid (name)", but it does not
seem to be working. I find no evidence of a cookie being created. A couple
of questions:
1) Is this the best approach for what I am trying to accomplish?
2) Why does this approach not work? Any debugging suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave Butler
--
To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
