HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal().getName() should do the trick. Jeff Schnitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message----- > From: Christian, Joanne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:30 AM > To: Orion-Interest > Subject: Username and Password > > HI All, > > I'm new to J2EE and Orion. I have set up form-based authorization using > DataSourceUserManager. Super! > > From my initial jsp and/or servlet (not the login page), I would like to > access the username of the person who just logged in. > > How can I do this? I have tried to get attributes from the ServletContext > an the session. I have also tried various other things I'd rather not > mention . . . > > So: > How can I access the values of j_username and j_password once the user has > been logged in? > > Also, where and what is j_security_check? > > > Thanks, > > Joanne