>From a velocity page? I'm not sure how you get access to the request itself, but start with that...
request.remoteUser request.userPrincipal.principal.username You need to add the ContextHolderAwareRequestFilter to your filterChainProxy for those to work, like Scott had mentioned. On 8/31/06, Matt Raible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's what I use: > > <authz:authentication operation="fullName"/> > > Matt > > On 8/31/06, Charles Harvey III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. > > I'm quite new to Acegi but I think I am getting the hang of it fairly > > quickly. > > There is one thing though that I am struggling with. > > > > How do I get things like "username" to be displayed on a web page? > > > > I thought the UserDetails was stored in the Session. But it is really > > stored > > in an Authentication object, which is stored in a SecurityContext, which is > > stored in a SecurityContextHolder. Which is all fine. But, how do I access > > the SecurityContextHolder from the page level after a successful login? > > > > Is it available as a Session variable? If so, what is the name of the > > Session > > attribute? If not, how do I access the SecurityContextHolder from say, a > > Velocity page? I'm sure this is done quite regularly so I am hoping someone > > can point me in the right direction. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > > Charlie > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Home: http://acegisecurity.org > > Acegisecurity-developer mailing list > > Acegisecurity-developer@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acegisecurity-developer > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Home: http://acegisecurity.org > Acegisecurity-developer mailing list > Acegisecurity-developer@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acegisecurity-developer > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Home: http://acegisecurity.org Acegisecurity-developer mailing list Acegisecurity-developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acegisecurity-developer
