osType is null

[Anil Umarji <An...@evolving.com>]

Hi,

Can you tell me as why i m the osType is NULL in below log file:

4.1.30/webapps/nm00/jsp/LogonData.jsp
2005-07-14 15:55:55         RequestURI: /nm00/jsp/LogonData.jsp
2005-07-14 15:55:55        QueryString: null
2005-07-14 15:55:55     Request Params:
2005-07-14 15:55:55                TimeZoneOffset = 4
2005-07-14 15:55:55                requestType = 1002
2005-07-14 15:55:55                passwd =
2005-07-14 15:55:55                userId = test4
2005-07-14 15:55:55                passwdExpired = false
2005-07-14 15:55:55                osType =
2005-07-14 15:55:55                srcPage = /jsp/Logon.jsp
2005-07-14 15:55:57 JspEngine --> /jsp/MainFrame.jsp
2005-07-14 15:55:57        ServletPath: /jsp/MainFrame.jsp

This is very sporadic & the majority of the times i do get a successful
osType:

2005-07-14 15:55:47     Request Params:
2005-07-14 15:55:47                TimeZoneOffset = 4
2005-07-14 15:55:47                requestType = 1001
2005-07-14 15:55:47                passwd = Test4!
2005-07-14 15:55:47                userId = test4
2005-07-14 15:55:47                passwdExpired = false
2005-07-14 15:55:47                osType = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; HCI0431; HCI0445; HCI0527; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Following is the code where i m getting the ostype:

onSubmit="fillOS();

function fillOS()
{
        document.logonform.osType.value = navigator.userAgent;
        setCursor('wait');
}

I will appreciate your help if you can guide me & solve this issue.

Thanks.
Anil

  

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Re: osType is null

["Chris. Grobmeier" <gr...@possessed.de>]

>onSubmit="fillOS();
>
>function fillOS()
>{
>        document.logonform.osType.value = navigator.userAgent;
>        setCursor('wait');
>}
>
This is not tomcat related i would daresay, but it's easily possible 
(wtih firefox and opera)  to manipulate
the userAgent in the browser. Everyone could leave the browser 
identification empty.

Try
navigator.platform
too, if you want to get another chance to identify the os type of the user.

Chris.

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