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])
> 
> 
> 
> 
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