Web application using JBoss 4.0.3SP1 and servlets. I am using FORM authentication. Can username be UTF-8? I create an account, its username is in UTF-8 encoding, chinese characters. But login was not successful. Can JBoss built-in authentication handle UTF-8 encoding for username?
Ascii username works. I tried to use a filter to set request encoding to UTF-8, but the filter was not called for URL pattern "j_security_check". <filter-mapping> <filter-name>filter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/j_security_check</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> Right now I am using a filter to set request encoding to UTF-8 for all requests in order to support chinese characters. It works great except Form login. The username is created in UTF-8 and stored in database. The related part in login-config.xml <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.DatabaseServerLoginModule" flag="required"> <module-option name="dsJndiName">java:/DefaultDS</module-option> <module-option name="principalsQuery"> select password from User where username=? </module-option> So I suspect the FORM login need to go through a filter to set its encoding to UTF-8. Otherwise, the server side would assume iso-8859-1 encoding, and it would not find the username in database table. Is there a way to tell Web Container about the request encoding? Thanks for help. Have a nice day! --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.