Send the "Authentication" header with the "username:password" but encoded in
base64

Donie


-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Lawlor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 September 2002 20:47
To: 'Tomcat'
Subject: Automatic Client Login

My application uses Form-based authentication.

However, I would like to be able to have a request
from a client automacally log in without their seeing the
form by passing the userid/password with an HTTP request. 

I thought I saw one time some syntax like:

  http://myhost?user=someone&password=base64pwd/.

Is there some way to set the userid and password in
the header from a page (genrated by a JSP) sent
from the server to the client
so that the login occurs silently (e.g. a page with just
javascript that does an automatic submit or a redirect
from the server)?

Thanks,

Frank Lawlor
Athens Group, Inc.
(512) 345-0600 x151
Athens Group, an employee-owned consulting firm integrating technology
strategy and software solutions.


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