Yes, you could refer to
http://blogs.sun.com/nithya/entry/groups_in_custom_realms for more
details on custom realms.
Thanks,
Nithya
Felipe Gaúcho wrote:
> nice, and the custom realm also can store more info than only login
> name, right ? then I guess this is the bets way to go.........
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Nithya Subramanian
> <Nithya.Subramanian_at_sun.com> wrote:
>
>> One option would be to have a custom realm that maps the user email id to
>> the username. Once the user submits the request, if it is an email id the
>> user has submitted, the map (or a table) could be looked up to get the
>> corresponding username which could be used for authentication. If the
>> username is submitted by the user, this step could be bypassed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nithya
>>
>> Felipe Gaúcho wrote:
>>
>>> My system uses form-based authentication, and it works fine..
>>>
>>> question is: is it possible to use "dual login name", what means: both
>>> login OR email as user identification.
>>>
>>> I was thinking about some GUI tricks to work around that... but I am
>>> also thinking if there is a simpler solution..
>>>
>>> so, the basic use case is:
>>>
>>> - a registered user wants to loging typing his login name OR his email
>>> in the "login" field..
>>>
>>> how to get this using form based container authentication ?
>>>
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