JSF 2.0 redirect to index.jsf after login
We have a JSF (2.0) based web application, running on JBoss 6.1. We are using the FORM based authentication with JAAS.
Some of the users adding links like this "admin/editUser.jsf" to their bookmarks. This page don't work correctly if the user access this page directly (without using the navigation within the application).
The question is: is there any way to redirect the user to the index.jsf page after login, independent from the requested url?
Answer
That's not possible.
If you're on Servlet 3.0 (Tomcat 7 / Glassfish 3 / JBoss 6 / etc), then your best bet is to use programmatic login with HttpServletRequest#login() instead of a JAAS form.
So, instead of
<form action="j_security_check" method="post">
...
<input type="submit" />
</form>
use
<h:form>
...
<h:commandButton value="Login" action="#{bean.login}" />
</h:form>
with
public String login() {
// ...
request.login(username, password);
// ...
return "index.jsf?faces-redirect=true";
}