I have been looking for a authenticate(user) method, but cannot seem to find one, as I need to do something similar. Any ideas?
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Johanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2006 4:28 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Alternative Realm impl. that supports: boolean authenticate(String user, String pass) or void doLogin(Prinicipal p)? > > Hmm, I see from all the org.apache.catalina.Realm implementations that > come with Tomcat, that authenticate(user,pass) is already there - but I > currently don't know how to gain access to the Realm service from within > a servlet/jsp (where my controller might be)... and it seems to me that > it may not even be allowed (by design), since there could be security > implications to exposing all those interface methods to the servlet > level.. but if its possible, I'll take it! :-) > > Thanks, > ken > > ... clearing my throat, and pretending to be 3rd-person .... "Ken, take a look at this : http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo#head-42e95596753a1fa4a4aa396d53010680e3d 509b5" Many thanks to Yoav Shapira for having contributed that info!! Awesome! ken --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 14/01/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 14/01/2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]