Forward after authentication / login

Question

Hello everyone,
          I'm using weblogic server 8.1 and have implemented form based authentication.
          I'm having different users who themselves belong to different groups. I would like to forward the users based on the group they are in. Is that somehow possible?
          For example USER A is in GROUP A and USER B in GROUP B. If USER A logs in he should see a page GROUP_A.html, instead right after USER B logs in, he should se a page GROUP_B.html.
          Thank you guys very much! Any help is greatly appreciated (I searched for hours already!!).
          Vinh

Answer 1

<Hussein Badakhchani> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
          > <p>Hello,</p>
          >
          > <p>From an HTTPRequest object you can call the method
          > isUserInRole(java.lang.String role) and pass in your group name. Based on
          > the return value you can forward the user to the correct destination.</p>
          > <p>
          > Hussein Badakhchani</br>
          > </p>
          The problem here is that using Forms Authentication, the authentication is
          essentially transparent to the application. You make a request for a
          protected resource (ANY protected resource, not necessarily the home page),
          and the Form pops up asking for authentication. By the time you application
          is involved, you aren't even aware whether authentication was involved or
          not (save that it was obviously successful and at some point previously --
          otherwise you wouldn't be in the application at all).
          So, the user could do something where he has a generic Hompage and have it
          simply routinely check for the group membership to determing a Group
          Homepage to redirect to, but the basic issue is that the authentication can
          happen at any point in the application on any page, and doesn't not
          necessarily happen only on the home page, nor is your application aware when
          it takes place.
          Just things to think about.
          Regards,
          Will Hartung
          ([email protected])