Custom credentials in spring security

Hi all,

Im new to spring security; the applcation im working on uses the default authentication manager which takes
user name and password as credentials.

Now my requirement is that i have to login using user id instead of username;
For this do i need to add my custom authentication manager provider?

In that case what classes i have to create by extending the existing classes (like AuthenticationManager, Authentication)

Please suggest me

Thanks & Regards,
Shanthi Naidu

Username, user id, login name, they all mean the same thing to me.

Why do you see it meaning something different?

Which UserDetailsService are you using, JDBC, LDAP, etc?
For JDBC just change the userByUserName property or authoritiesByUserName property to go to the name of the fields in the database that you have that don't match the default built in queries.

Remember the userByUserName property query has to return three fields; username(userID), password, and boolean for enabled.
The authoritiesByUserName query has to return two fields; username(UserID), role
For the role field, make sure it is prefixed with "ROLE_"

Good Luck

Mark