Did you restart Tomcat after making the web.xml change? It's been my experience that authentication method changes like this actually get handled from deeper within Tomcat's internal code, not just the application, and the only way to register the change is by a full restart.
Brent Sims Systems Analyst 2 KC Human Services ------------------------------------------------- Road rage, air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into separate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-round, everyday rage. I don't have time for fine distinctions. I'm too busy screaming at people. - George Carlin >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/09/05 11:00 AM >>> I have Tomcat 5.5.4 running on WindowsXP with BASIC authentication working via the Memory Realm and it works fine. I want to change to FORM-based authentication. I've 'BASIC' to 'FORM' in web.xml and have a logon.html page with a form action="j_security_check" (but it gives a HTTP 408 timeout error immediately... any ideas? Are there any online tutorials to help configure this? Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]