How to retrieve the user id from the web browser

[Brian Pembroke]

I need to be able to retrieve the user id of the user logged in from the web browser. I do not want to prompt the user for a login id and password. The is for an internal application. All the users will be using IE and Windows. I need to be able to retrieve the id from a Java Servlet.

This is a very easy thing to do in IIS.
HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name.ToString()

Any ideas would be greately appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

[William Brogden]

How are you handling user log-in?

I suggest you look at the methods in the API for HttpServletRequest - for example:

String getRemoteUser();

Bill