It was possibly an undocumented (and not part of the spec) feature. You should just use => request.getRemoteUser()
Where request is passed in through doGet(request, response) or however that works in JSP. Ed Thompson wrote: >I have just upgraded (uninstalled and reintsalled) from Tomcat 3.2 to >Tomcat 4.0.4. > >I am using form based authentication, and found under 3.2 I could pull >j_username out of the session cookie after authenticaion was done. > >Now under Tomcat 4 it doesn't seem to be there. I know I tried it under >Tomcat 4.0.1 before I upgraded and it worked, but not after uninstalling 3.2 >and installing 4.0.4 from scratch.. > >Can anyone shed light on what is (not) happening? Have the rules changed or >have I not cfg'd something properly? > >Thanx! >Ed > > > >-- >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]>
