How to catch login details from j_security_check?

Question

I am using jsecurity check for my login and I want to save the user that logged in and when they did.

How do I get these from j_security_check?

My web xml:

    <login-config>
    <auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
    <realm-name>user-realm</realm-name>
    <form-login-config>
        <form-login-page>/Pages/Login.xhtml</form-login-page>
        <form-error-page>/Pages/LoginError.xhtml</form-error-page>
    </form-login-config>
</login-config>
<security-role>
    <description/>
    <role-name>admin</role-name>
</security-role>
<security-role>
    <description/>
    <role-name>users</role-name>
</security-role>

My login.xhtml page:

        <form role="form" action="j_security_check" method="POST">
    <h2>Please sign in</h2>
    <input name="j_username" type="text" placeholder="Username" required="true"> </input>
    <input name="j_password" type="password" placeholder="Password" required="true"> </input>
    <button type="submit" value="Login">Sign in</button>
  </form>

Just want to know if I can catch the user who logs into my jsf application and save that user and the time they logged in into the database

Where is your code? Post your code in the question, see [How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve). — DavidPostill, Oct 14 '14 at 11:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '14 at 20:18

Found an answer on this blog: http://jugojava.blogspot.com/2011/07/jsf-form-authentication-on-servlet-3.html

Replaced j_security_check login page with a login page with a backing bean

Login.xhtml:

        <h:form>  
       <h:panelGrid columns="2">  
            <h:outputLabel for="username" value="Username:" />  
            <h:inputText id="username" value="#{authBean.username}" />  

            <h:outputLabel for="password" value="Password:" />  
            <h:inputSecret id="password" value="#{authBean.password}" />  

            <h:commandButton id="loginButton" value="Login" action="#{authBean.login()}" />  
       </h:panelGrid>
    </h:form>

and my backing bean:

    private String username;
    private String password;

public String login(){
       FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();  
       HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) context  
                                          .getExternalContext().getRequest();  

       try {  
            request.login(username, password);  
       } catch (ServletException e) {  
            context.addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_WARN, "Login failed!", null));  
            return "login";  
       }  

       //database action to be done here  
       Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal();    


       if(request.isUserInRole("admin")) {  
            return "/Pages/AdminLanding.xhtml";  
       } else {  
            return "/Pages/UserLanding.xhtml";  
       }  
  } //getter and setter for username and password

How to catch login details from j_security_check?

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