Hello, The HttpServletRequest method getRemoteUser() will only return one if a user has been authenticated by the JEE engine, and the user hasn't, so it won't. It'll work if you've got SSO installed.
I would assume there's no standard way to get it through JS either as that would provide a security hole (i.e. a website could run JS to collect the username, and other sensitive data, and post it to a remote site). You could download some Java applet to get the username, but that's horrid too. I don't understand why someone suggested that example given it's not going to consistently. Perhaps the answer is some ASP page that allows access to the client's username, but I can't imagine that working correctly unless you'd switched on Integrated Windows Authentication. I'd like to suggest a form in the AR System, but this presents exactly what you're trying to avoid - logging into the Midtier. John Baker -- Java System Solutions http://www.javasystemsolutions.com _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
