Re: request.getRemoteUser() only non-null on protected pages

2003-08-27 Thread Christopher Williams
Which type of authentication are you using. I find that SSL-Slient authentication causes getUserPrincipal() (or getRemoteUser()) to return null. I don't know why this is. BASIC or DIGEST authentication should work OK, though. If you describe your problem to me again, I may have some insights

Re: request.getRemoteUser() only non-null on protected pages

2003-08-27 Thread Bill Barker
Yup. That pretty much sums it up. Tomcat provides authentication information if it needs to, and otherwise doesn't. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Any comments, PLEASE... Could this be relavant ? http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jboss-userm=103680567313168w=2

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2003-08-27 Thread Bill Barker
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Re.: request.getRemoteUser() only non-null on protected pages

2003-08-26 Thread pste
I cannot be the only one ever expirienced this problem. Any comments, PLEASE... - Per Steffensen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: request.getRemoteUser() only non-null on protected pages

2003-08-26 Thread robert.tomlin
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request.getRemoteUser() only non-null on protected pages

2003-08-23 Thread Per Steffensen
Hi Im using the JBoss-3.0.3/Tomcat-4.1.12 bundle. I use declarative protection of some of my JSPs. It all works fine. After logging on I can use reqeust.getRemoteUser() to read the username of the logged in user. BUT ONLY when the shown page is a protected page. If the page is not protected