Thanks Will, So what are my alternatives to container based authentication?
--- Will Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
