> From: "David Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:46 PM > Subject: remember password HOW-TO?
> I am a relative newbie to servlet programming and I'm > not really sure how to best solve a problem I am > having. I am trying to implement a "save my password" > feature on my web site. I am using Tomcat 4.1.18. I > am using form-based authentication and I am using the > Tomcat provided userdatabase to store my usernames, > passwords and roles. If you're using container based authentication (which you are), then you can not implement a "remember me" facility within the Servlet API, there's simply no mechanism for it exposed by the container. Of course, you're welcome to beat on Tomcat itself to provide this non-portable functionality, but there's no way to do it solely within your web app. The only other solution is to implement all security using standard mechanisms with Servlets et al, but that's a big wheel to re carve out of stone. Regards, Will Hartung ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
