I am using form based authentication in my application. When trying to access a protected resource, the container automatically prompts the login form to the user, where he can fill in authentication info (username and password).
Code from login.jsp: <form method="POST" action="j_security_check"> <input type="text" name="j_username"> <input type="password" name="j_password"> </form> Here the Servlet-specification dictates that the action to be called from the login form must be j_security_check, and that the parameters passed from the form must have the names j_username and j_password. This way of logging in works very well. But this requires that the user is trying to access a restricted area of the application. I would like to add functionality to my application that allows the user to make a direct login from a public page, without landing at an intermediate login page. Is there a way to call the j_security_check directly from another page? I have made some experiments but I have not succeeded. Does anyone have any advices regarding this subject. I such a case I would be very thankful to hear. Erik Johansson
