I'm client side and i'm using Javascript
2012/2/10 Gerome Bracquemont <[email protected]>
> ok but I can't really see what is ' Object principal '
>
> i've tried:
> 'var role =
> SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication().getAuthorities();'
>
> but i got an error of course but I can't see how to get this information
> realy.
>
> gerome
>
> 2012/2/10 <[email protected]>
>
> Since Geoserver uses Spring Security you can do the following:
>>
>> To obtain the usern ame
>>
>>
>> Object principal = SecurityContextHolder.**getContext().**
>> getAuthentication().**getPrincipal();
>>
>> if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
>> String username = ((UserDetails)principal).**getUsername();
>> } else {
>> String username = principal.toString();
>>
>> To get the roles
>>
>> SecurityContextHolder.**getContext().**getAuthentication().**
>> getAuthorities()
>>
>>
>> Dont forget to check if
>> SecurityContextHolder.**getContext().**getAuthentication()
>> is null, this is the case if there was no authentication process.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>> Christian
>>
>>
>>
>> Zitat von Gerome Bracquemont <[email protected]>**:
>>
>>
>> Hello everybody.
>>>
>>> I use j_spring_security_check to authenticate my users in my client so
>>> that
>>> they are logged in with there geoserver profil.
>>> This way geoserver expose the layers the user can access.
>>>
>>> Know, I would like to find a way of retreiving the user's role to adapte
>>> the user interface.
>>> For exemple I would like hide fonctionnalities for a role and give all to
>>> an other.
>>>
>>> Do you have an idea on how to retreive the user's role ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> gerome
>>>
>>>
>>
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