Performing user authentication in Java EE / JSF using j_security_check

Question

I\'m wondering what the current approach is regarding user authentication for a web application making use of JSF 2.0 (and if any components do exist) and Java EE 6 core mec

Answer 1

The issue HttpServletRequest.login does not set authentication state in session has been fixed in 3.0.1. Update glassfish to the latest version and you're done.

Updating is quite straightforward:

glassfishv3/bin/pkg set-authority -P dev.glassfish.org
glassfishv3/bin/pkg image-update