Newbie: Autologin

[damon311]

All:

I'm using Acegi 0.7.0 (older project and no time to upgrade) and I need to automatically log in a user after he registers. I'm trying the code below, but it's not working. Am I even on the right track? I don't receive any errors. Logging in using the form method works fine. Any assistance is appreciated.

			Authentication auth = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(user.getUsername(),user.getPassword(),new GrantedAuthority[]{});
			SecureContext acontext = (SecureContext)ContextHolder.getContext();
			if (acontext == null) {
				acontext = new SecureContextImpl();
			}
			ContextHolder.setContext(acontext);
			auth.setAuthenticated(true);
			acontext.setAuthentication(auth);

[andrew]

damon311, you should use something like this:

Authentication result = authenticationManager.authenticate(auth);

instead of

auth.setAuthenticated(true);

See http://acegisecurity.org/docbook/ace...cation-manager for details.

[Ben Alex]

Whatever you do, don't deploy 0.7.0 into production, as it has a bug to do with ThreadLocal clearing. Please upgrade, even if it's to the last of the 0.7.x series which fixes this particulr issue.