Re: Getting an AuthUser

On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Walter Eaves wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've installed a GenericAuthFilter on a directory, installed some
> extensions of PostableResources. I now want to find out who has accessed
> the resource.
> 
> Can't seem to find a way of simply finding out which authenticated user
> is making use of a resource?

If you have a GenericAuthFilter installed, the request will have an 
Authorization field which can be accessed like this:

String user = (String) request.getState(AuthFilter.STATE_AUTHUSER);

user is null if the request has no Authorization: field.

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