Form Based Auth - require the entered j_username on the form

[aalberts]

Hi

I am using Form based authentication and would like to know if and how it is possible to obtain the userName on the error page that was provided on the login page if the authentication fails.

Thanks...

[aalberts]

to qualify the question....
I am trying to avoid using a valve to handle login events like the password has expired or user is a new user and must thus change their password. I would like to handle this on the form-error-page based on the j_username entered. The login will always fail based on the SQL used in the security module unless the 'status' of the user is for example 'OK'.

thanks.

[starksm64]

Its not possible without a valve or custom FormAuthenticator that makes the username available to the error page. Its not part of the form auth spec that this should be made available to the error page.