Re: Authentication with Slide - Slide vs tomcat Realm

Hi Satish,
look for JAAS-Authentication that is a standard API that works pretty
well with tomcat. A good introduction is found at
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-09-2002/jw-0913-jaas.html

Yours
 Arne

Satish schrieb:
> Hi
>
> I need to authentication with Slide, there are two ways I can see
>
> I am thinking of using Slide realm and configuring tomcat to use Slide user database for authentication.
> Otherwise if I rely completely on tomcat realm, typical tomcat-users.xml file based, authetication, I need to add user two places - Slide and tomcat-user, which is problem.
>
> Can any body suggests on 
> #1 how can I configure tomcat to use the Slide users for authentication?
> #2 how can I actually autheticate request of tomcat programatically, is any API available?
>
> What I am looking for is authenticating user with Slide.
>
> Any suggestion is valuable for me.
>
> Regards,
> Satish
>
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