Re: Obtain username from J_security_check

Alternatively try:

getUserPrincipal().getName()

which returns a java.security.Principal object containing the name of the
current authenticated user. If the user has not been authenticated, the
method returns null.




>From: "Chan, Christopher" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: "A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java
>         Servlet API Technology." <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Obtain username from J_security_check
>Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:40:41 +1100
>
>Use the following to get the user: request.getRemoteUser();
>
>Rgds,
>Chris
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Masters [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, 6 March 2003 20:22 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Obtain username from J_security_check
>
>
>Hello all,
>
>Im not sure if this is the correct mailing list for this question as it
>relates to the servlet container more than anything.
>I use "j_security_check" to allow users to log in to my website, and I
>would
>like to know how I can obtain the username of those who are successfully
>logged on.
>
>I have tried:
>
>String usrnme = request.getParameter("j_username");
>
>but this returns null.
>
>Can anyone help
>
>Thanks in advance
>Richard
>
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