Re: Getting a Java Sign-on Dialog

Hi,

but you'll come in some troubles, if you connect to the database with 
individual users; that prevents you from using connection pooling.

Dieter Bender

On Freitag, 27. Februar 2004 19:11, Patrick L Archibald wrote:
> Deiter
>
> Authenticating on the AS/400 is really not that expensive. You only do
> it once per session. In an Intranet environment where all your users
> have AS/400 profiles it is ideal.
>
> Thanx, PLA
>
> Dieter Bender wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >doing authentication by connect to database is not really scalable.
> > Creating an as400 object to authenticate is even worse. Don't do such
> > things. Have a look at java best practices or recent style guidelines.
> >
> >Dieter Bender
> >
> >On Freitag, 27. Februar 2004 17:24, Ivan Hurtado wrote:
> >>I am in the early design/architecture phase of an
> >>AS400 Server Side web app, and I am trying to make a
> >>decision on our authentication strategy. I have never
> >>developed Java using an as400 as the server, so please
> >>bear with me.
> >>
> >>I have the "iSeries & AS/400 Java at Work" book by Don
> >>Denoncourt (which seems to be a very good 400
> >>reference) and with examples from there I was able to
> >>create a Java app (running from my desktop) that
> >>connects to the as400. Upon connection, it brings up
> >>the Java Sign-on dialog auto-magically which is nice.
> >>But, I was hoping to be able to do something similar
> >>for my server side app by putting similar code in some
> >>Login servlet. The point is that I would like the
> >>as400 to handle the authentication for me if possible,
> >>to eliminate the need for creating user tables. How
> >>can I best accomplish this?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Ivan Hurtado
> >>Sr. Programmer
> >>Hull & Company, Inc.
> >>iva030@xxxxxxxxx
> >>ihurtado@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
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