Re: getRemoteUser is returning null

[Antonio Fiol Bonnín <fi...@terra.es>]

AFAICT, getRemoteUser() returns a user name only if that user name has 
been sent via HTTP. Not with certificates.

For certificates, see my post 1 minute ago.

Antonio Fiol

seera naveen wrote:

>Hi,
>
>When I try to retrieve request.getRemoteUser() in
>Tomcat 4.1.24, it is returning null.  I am not using
>any of Realms, but I am having my own logging
>mechanism. (checking usernames/passwords against LDAP
>manually).  Why is this behaving like this?  Am I
>doing something wrong?
>
>Also, can any body tell me what exactly is Digital key
>authentication.(because we use certificates for
>authentication.  Does this means authenticating users
>against LDAP also?)
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
>advance..
>
>naveen
>
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