Perfect. Thanks.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Alan Chaney wrote:
> Hi Ben
>
> You can get it from the request. In JSP you can access the request implict
> object to get the value of the HttpServletRequest#getRemoteUser() method ...
>
> "Returns the login of the user making this request, if the user has been
> authenticated, or null if the user has not been authenticated."
>
> (quote from j2ee docs for HttpServletRequest)
>
> The exact syntax to use depends upon whether or not you are using EL.
> If you are using tags..
> <% String username = request.getRemoteUser() %>
>
> and in EL you can use the 'pageContext'. Try:
>
> ${pageContext.request.remoteUser} /// I think... you may need to check.
>
> and use as you see fit...
>
> Alan
>
>
> Ben Tomlinson wrote:
>>
>> I have set up login security for some of the pages in my website. I
>> have a JDBCRealm setup and working correctly. But now I want to
>> change the layout of my pages (all jsp pages) according to the user
>> that is logged in. How do I retrieve information about the user that
>> is actually logged in? Mainly I want the user role or the user name
>> but I can't seem to get it from the session. Any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Ben
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