how can I get the user name of the user authenticated by Tomcat in my servlet?

[James Byars]

hi,

if I am using tomcat-users.xml, and I want to get the username in my servlet, can I?

thanks

[Bear Bibeault]

Please be sure to ask Tomcat questions in the Tomcat forum. I have moved this post there for you.

[Tim McGuire]

from API for httpServletRequest LINK

getRemoteUser()
Returns the login of the user making this request, if the user has been authenticated, or null if the user has not been authenticated.

[James Byars]

Bear Bibeault wrote:Please be sure to ask Tomcat questions in the Tomcat forum. I have moved this post there for you.

sorry bear, I did not scroll down enough to notice that there is a whole page for Tomcat.

thank you

[James Byars]

Tim McGuire wrote:
from API for httpServletRequest LINK

getRemoteUser()
Returns the login of the user making this request, if the user has been authenticated, or null if the user has not been authenticated.

thanks.