Suggestions needed - customizing authorization

Before I dive into hacking a bunch of Tomcat source code, I would very much like to solicit the opinions of some more experienced users. I need a form-login authorization scenario that integrates with some of my other webapps. Specifically, I need to know the username, real name and group info of

customizing authentication behavior

Hi all, I need to customize form-based authentication in Tomcat so that I can have access to the user's session when they are authenticated. I know I can write a custom Realm class, but I don't see how I can get access to the HttpServletRequest or HttpSession associated with the request at

JDBC Realm problem

I am unable to start Tomcat with a JDBC Realm configured. I am guessing it is because Tomcat can't find the JDBC driver, but it should be able to. I have the driver in shared/lib and shared/classes. Here is my Realm configuration from server.xml: Realm

j_security_check not found

Well I am inching closer to successfully implementing Form-based authentication (I hope). The latest error is when I submit the authentication form, the j_security_check cannot be found. Apache is trying to handle the request, so I know that's no good. I must have to map the name j_security_check

form authentication/ Context question

I have form-based authentication set up far enough that if I request a protected resource, Tomcat redirects me to the login page. When I submit the login page to j_security_check, Tomcat gives me this 500 error: No Context configured to process this request The server encountered an internal

Class library question

Hi all, I am migrating from a different servlet engine to Tomcat, and so I already have quite a few web apps up and running. I'd like to avoid shuffling things around as much as possible on the move to Tomcat. Right now, I've run into a problem with Tomcat being able to find class libraries.

Question about Context vs web-app

Can someone clarify something for me? Is a Context placed within a Host basically just a web-app within a virtual host? Can any tags that can be placed in a web-app also be placed in a Context? Thanks very much. Gregg - To

Re: Question about Context vs web-app

- From: Barley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question about Context vs web-app Can someone clarify something for me? Is a Context placed within a Host basically just a web-app within a virtual host? Yes, exactly

Re: MY ATTITUDE

LOL...is this fellow serious? You think other people should have to do the reading for you? Wow, this group tolerates a lot more ridiculous behavior than most tech groups I read. Thanx jsp. I THINK that you were defending my honor :-) in telling someone else that I really don't need at all to

Realm digest setting for mySql?

I am setting up a JDBC realm using mySql. I would like to be able to validate against passwords that are stored using the mySql Password() function. Can anyone tell me what the digest attribute in Realm should be set to? Many thanks. Gregg

Re: MY ATTITUDE

, you'll find much less sympathy than you have here. Gregg Lemme clarify my earlier post for you Barley!! I only meant that there should be some kind of a nice combination of BOTH RTFMing AND getting/receiving useful advice from others in our newsgroup who have vastly more experience

adding login-config causes 404 errors

I have a Host set up in the server.xml file. I have a Context within that host. I can navigate to: http://hostroot/contextroot/filename.jsp fine However, when I edit the file hostroot/contextroot/WEB-INF/web.xml and add: login-config auth-methodFORM/auth-method

Re: adding login-config causes 404 errors

OK, so it seems to be because Tomcat can't find the login.jsp page. So, where does it look? I put the page in the root folder of my Host and my Context with the same results. Tomcat couldn't find it. Why Tomcat also can't find my regular pages when it can't find login.jsp is still very

Re: adding login-config causes 404 errors

OK...that was confusing, but is now solved. Here's the answer in case it helps anyone in the future. You need to start your form-login-page with a / So, mine is now /login.jsp It looks in the Context root folder for the file. I still have no idea why misconfiguring this element makes all pages

JkMount error starting Apache

I am using Apache 1.3 and Tomcat 4.1, RedHat 7.3. Tomcat runs fine standalone. I am now trying to integrate Tomcat with Apache using mod_jk.so. I compiled mod_jk.so from source and put it in my modules/ directory. The module loads fine, but Apache won't start, because it doesn't recognize the

Re: JkMount error starting Apache

I've tried including the auto-generated file. It didn't make a difference, and I'd rather manually configure in httpd.conf. It shouldn't make any difference, right? And, I'm sorry Oscar, but what should I change? I don't see any difference between your LoadModule line and mine. Thanks for the

Re: JkMount error starting Apache

for me before Lajos Barley wrote: I am using Apache 1.3 and Tomcat 4.1, RedHat 7.3. Tomcat runs fine standalone. I am now trying to integrate Tomcat with Apache using mod_jk.so. I compiled mod_jk.so from source and put it in my modules/ directory. The module loads fine, but Apache

Re: JkMount error starting Apache

confused. Is there any way to determine if the module has been loaded? So, if I take out the JkMount line so that Apache will start, is there a way to tell what modules it has loaded? Thanks. Gregg The quotes and the lack of a newline. Oscar On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Barley wrote: I've tried

Re: JkMount error starting Apache

. Thanks very much for you lightning fast ideas and help Oscar and Lajos. I guess it was just one of those annoying little mysterious problems. Gregg Does your httpd.conf have AddModule directives? If so, add one for mod_jk.c - that's solved the problem for me before Lajos Barley wrote: I am