On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Ed Thompson wrote:
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:56:32 -0400
> From: Ed Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: j_username in session cookie - where did it go?
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> I was also scrapping the password - used j_userbane and j_passwd for
> database access.
>
There is no portable way to do that. And Tomcat 4 does not expose them,
because the password because it is none of the app's business -- the user
is either authenticated or not.
> Any hints on that one?
Re-architect your app so that it needs only the username.
Craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:41 PM
> Subject: Re: j_username in session cookie - where did it go?
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> > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Ed Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:57:53 -0400
> > > From: Ed Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: j_username in session cookie - where did it go?
> > >
> > > I have just upgraded (uninstalled and reintsalled) from Tomcat 3.2 to
> > > Tomcat 4.0.4.
> > >
> > > I am using form based authentication, and found under 3.2 I could pull
> > > j_username out of the session cookie after authenticaion was done.
> > >
> >
> > That's not how it really worked under 3.2, although if you are using BASIC
> > authentication you could decode the username out of the "Authorization"
> > header.
> >
> > > Now under Tomcat 4 it doesn't seem to be there. I know I tried it under
> > > Tomcat 4.0.1 before I upgraded and it worked, but not after uninstalling
> 3.2
> > > and installing 4.0.4 from scratch..
> > >
> > > Can anyone shed light on what is (not) happening? Have the rules
> changed or
> > > have I not cfg'd something properly?
> > >
> >
> > The portable way to get ahold of the authenticated username is to call
> > request.getRemoteUser(). See the servlet spec for more details on
> > container managed security:
> >
> > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html
> >
> > > Thanx!
> > > Ed
> >
> > Craig
> >
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