Question

I’m using Grails 1.3.7. I have a custom UserDetails object that gets created in my customUserDetailsService during authentication. I assume that this custom UserDetails object is then stored in the session somewhere. However, I cannot find how to retrieve it.

I thought that SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication().getDetails() would do it, but that returns an object of type: org.springframework.security.web.authentication.WebAuthenticationDetails, and not my custom UserDetails.

Answer 1

I’m using 2.0.4 and spring security plugin, it kind of looks like you are using the plugin?

If so try:

// Inject 
def springSecurityService

// Action
def index() { 
  UserDetails currentUser = springSecurityService.principal 
}