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[10:41:16 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> and in the portlet some data about the user is set.
[10:41:29 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> no it is within the uPortal context
[10:41:53 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> there are links in the portlet interface that call the servlet directly.
[10:42:13 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> the servlet is trying to pull data about the user from the servlet session.