Jose, How about sending the user to an intermediate page after logging in to select a company?
Robert >===== Original Message From Jose Antonio Chirinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Thanks for yours sugestions, the reason for which i need to do that is because i have to do an authentication module that are able to authenticate a user depending on a company. That is because a user can be in 2 or more companys and the data of the companys is diferent. >Thanks in Advanced. > >Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Yes, but if they happen to have javascript disabled, they will get very >confused! > >On 11/28/2003 11:23 AM Andoni wrote: >> You don't have to instruct the user to do this. Just have login form as a >> hidden form and fill (and submit) it using JavaScript. You can get the >> values from a login form you call whatever you like and then append whatever >> you like to the end of each of the username and password. >> >> This does sound rather odd though and you should really be looking at the >> bigger picture of your architecture to see why you have this problem in the >> first place as it sounds like you are trying to hack a solution to me!! >> Sorry if your not! >> >> Andoni. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adam Hardy" >> To: "Tomcat Users List" >> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:08 PM >> Subject: Re: Authentication with JAAS / Form Autenthication/ >> "j_security_check" >> >> >> >>>On 11/27/2003 06:41 PM Jose Antonio Chirinos wrote: >>> >>>Hi, i have a web application that use web authentication through >>>"j_security_check" servlet; i need to add an extra parameter diferent >>>of "j_password" and "j_username"; i guess that i have to put the >>>extra parameter in the login form and in the definition of the realm; >>>but where i have to include the code for the comparation of the new >>>parameter.Thanks in Advanced.Jose Antonio Chirinos. >>> >>>Jose, >>>tomcat (and all servlet spec compliant app servers) won't process any >>>further parameters other than the two you mention. When you code your >>>realm, you code a LoginModule or equivalent which is passed these 2 >>>parameters. >>> >>>This means the only option you have is to instruct the user to place the >>>extra parameter on the end of the username, perhaps after an appropriate >>>seperator character, so that you can then split your extra parameter >>>from the user name in your realm code. >>> >>> >>>HTH >>>Adam >>>-- >>>struts 1.1 + tomcat 5.0.14 + java 1.4.2 >>>Linux 2.4.20 RH9 >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > >-- >struts 1.1 + tomcat 5.0.14 + java 1.4.2 >Linux 2.4.20 RH9 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]