chris,
I think I will first try the newly discovered RoleManager.login(). Sounds
like the canonical way. Again thanks alot for you posts, however.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Dienstag, 17. Oktober 2000 22:01
Subject: Re: custom user management
>Ah sorry, now I see what your problem is. I assume you're trying to
>automatically log someone in if they have cookies?
>
>I've never tried it, but I can't see why you couldn't submit the form
>parameters yourself for form-based authentication.
>i.e. when the <form-login-page> is called, it is actually a JSP page or
>servlet that reads the cookie values and posts the j_username/j_password
>automatically rather than returning to the client for the values. Sounds
>like it might work? If you try this I'd be interested in knowing the
>outcome!
>
>Hope this helps.
