Hello, I need to find a way to get the currently logged in Active Directory user (on the server side) in a web application. This is commonly done in the Microsoft World with IIS/SharePoint/.NET technology stack. I've used java based software (Spring Security / Acegi) that enables authentication against Active Directory (like I believe Shiro does). But this still means that the user has to fill in the user and password again and explicitly login although s/he is already authenticated in AD.
I think it is necessary for us to have a "standard" solution to this in the java world. I was hoping that Shiro could take on this challenge. I read about a similiar request on Shiro's mailing list but I haven't seen it resulting in anything ( http://shiro-user.582556.n2.nabble.com/SSO-with-a-Windows-domain-td6236647.html ). Does anyone know if any work is being done in this area? /Bengt
