"sky2rain" wrote : Someone please help tell how to write a simple portlet that shows "loged in as : username"; we are frustrated by the lack of docs. Please simply point out which packages are needed to import in order to do this and we can handle the rest. Thanks a million!! the answer is actually in the doc... http://docs.jboss.com/jbportal/v2.2/javadoc/javax/portlet/PortletRequest.... which could translate into : | public void doView(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response) throws PortletException, IOException { | //..... | String login = request.getremoteUser(); | request.setAttribute("login", login ); | ..... | } | and use el into your jsp ${login} If null : not yet logged. If you need more information than login, you should call mbean ; there're posts in the forum archives. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4150420#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...