OK fillup, I'll do that :( Donie
-----Original Message----- From: Phillip Morelock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 May 2002 21:27 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Getting USERNAME/PASSWORD from HTTP headers there have been several discussions here of problems with getRemoteUser and my only advice will be to repeat that you should just grab raw headers -- even if just for debugging. This has always worked for me quite well. That code link I sent provides direct base64-->String decoding. fillup On 5/23/02 1:19 PM, "Donie Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Llyod, I'm using Tomcat in standalone mode and getRemoteUser() > returned null?? I'm using tomcat 4.0.1 > > Thanks > Donie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lloyd Meinholz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 May 2002 20:48 > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Getting USERNAME/PASSWORD from HTTP headers > > This nice way is: request.getRemoteUser(). However, this doesn't seem to > work with mod_webapp, I haven't figured out why and no one had an > explanation when I asked. I'm using an ugly base64 decode as a work around > until I get another connector working. getRemoteUser() does seem to work > (from what others have posted) with jk if you put the following in the > connector part of you server.xml > > tomcatAuthentication="false" > > I haven't figured out what relation coyote has to all this, related to jk, > competitor, etc. Seems to be different than mod_webapp. > > Lloyd > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Donie Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:35 PM >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> Subject: RE: Getting USERNAME/PASSWORD from HTTP headers >> >> >> That's grand but I then have to base64 decode the result. I >> was hoping there >> was a nice way ;) >> >> Donie >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phillip Morelock >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 23 May 2002 20:38 >> To: Tomcat Users List >> Subject: Re: Getting USERNAME/PASSWORD from HTTP headers >> >> request.getHeader() >> >> see the documentation for HttpServletRequest >> >> >> >> >> On 5/23/02 12:27 PM, "Donie Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> How do I get the username and password from the http authentication >>> headers... >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Donie >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
