WebSphere Application Server - Re: how to determine if user is autheticated (from non-secured resource

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Re: how to determine if user is autheticated (from non-secured resource

Ray McVay

2005-04-18, 8:47 pm

Put their user information in an object in the session when they
authenticate.

udupnicu@empal.com wrote:
> Is it possible to determine if a user is autheticated from a non-secured servlet in a web application?
>
> I have a servlet served to both public and autheticated users. This servlet performs different logic depending the user whether is autheticated or not.
>
> The getRemoteUser() is useless due to the servlet is not protected (for public users).
>
> My application is set to use declarative security and form based logon.