Or have the username in a hidden field and have javascript build it from to fields.
example: j_username=Domain\\user j_password=***** Most pragmatic way imho. javascript disabled user could still enter the \\ manually :) En l'instant précis du 13/12/07 12:51, Tim Funk s'exprimait en ces termes: > In form based authentication - you have no access to the processor > other than your suggestion of overriding authenticate() in > FormAuthenticator. > > Depending on the purpose of the field you could always perform a > kludge of setting the 3rd value in a cookie and have a filter check > for hte cookie to perform any extra work you need. (Somehow - I doubt > that will work) > > -Tim > > dirk ooms wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I would like to have an extra field in my form-based login page, but >> I'm wondering how I can retrieve the value of that extra field within >> my application (request.getParameter("blabla") does not work). >> >> I searched the web and a suggestion was to override authenticate() in >> FormAuthenticator. But I'm wondering how I tell the container to use >> my version of authenticate()? >> >> Are there other ways? This looks like something obvious, but after >> searching for a couple of hours, I haven't found a clear answer to >> this issue. >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.devlog.be (a belgian developer's logs) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]