On 28/05/2015 09:59, André Warnier wrote: > Mark Thomas wrote: >> On 28/05/2015 08:26, Vijay Kumar wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is it possible to pass OS username when making connection to any >>> Database >>> from Tomcat context.xml? >> >> In theory this should be possible if you are using SPNEGO authentication. >> >> Testing this to figure out what is required to make it work is on the >> TODO list. It is likely that some combination of configuration, Tomcat >> code changes and application changes will be required. >> > > I think that the term "OS username" should be carefully defined here, > along with the precise circumstances in which this would apply.
Agreed. My definition is "user authenticated via SPNEGO" > Also, connecting to a database using the user-id kind of defeats any > kind of db connection persistence/pooling/sharing at the container level. You can have per user pools. Depending on the app and the usage pattern of the DB there can still be some benefits. > If this kind of thing is desired anyway, should it then not be done at > the application level, where you can retrieve the UserPrincipal anyway ? There are certainly different approaches available to solve this problem. The best approach depends on the actual requirement. I've used a range of approaches to this type of problem in the past. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
