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Please be advised that Badge mailing commences beginning of October 2005. Should your message require a response we will respond shortly. Regards Meridian Club > -----Original Message----- > From: "Vineet Chadha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: 10/7/2005 5:15 PM > To: <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Subject: tomcat webdav > > Hi, > I am trying to configure webdav to provide web resource to multiple user. > For example, inside webdav directory I create multiple user directory ( > user1, user2 ,user3 ....). I am authenticating users using mysql database ( > authentication works fine for single user ( let us say user1) with role name > user1). But it doesn't work for multiple users. Here is snippet of > web.xmlfile in webapps/webdav/WEB-INF/ > web.xml ( specifically security constraint I am trying to set). Please note > that as specified in following XML parameters, admin and user1 are able to > authenticate with database. All users/roles are correctly specificed. what i > want is to provide admin access to admin for "/webapps/webdav/" directory > and user1 access of "/webapps/webdav/user1" directory. I have created user1 > directory inside webapps. > > <security-constraint> > <web-resource-collection> > <web-resource-name>Entire Application</web-resource-name> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > </web-resource-collection> > <auth-constraint> > <role-name>admin</role-name> > </auth-constraint> > </security-constraint> > > <security-constraint> > <web-resource-collection> > <web-resource-name>Entire Application</web-resource-name> > <url-pattern>/user1/*</url-pattern> > </web-resource-collection> > <auth-constraint> > <role-name>user1</role-name> > </auth-constraint> > </security-constraint> > > <login-config> > <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method> > <realm-name>Tomcat Manager Application</realm-name> > </login-config> > > <security-role> > <description> > The role that is required to log in to the Manager Application > </description> > <role-name>admin</role-name> > > <role-name>user1</role-name> > > </security-role>if i try webdav access through > http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/webdav/user1 and enter username and password, it > gives following error on web page: > java.lang.NullPointerException > org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.renderHtml(DefaultServlet.java > :1345) > org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.render(DefaultServlet.java:1102) > org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.serveResource( > DefaultServlet.java:807) > org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.doGet(DefaultServlet.java:335) > javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) > org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet.service(WebdavServlet.java:287) > javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > tomcat log file indicates following: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.renderHtml(DefaultServle > t.java:1345) > at org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.render(DefaultServlet.ja > va:1102) > at org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.serveResource(DefaultSer > vlet.java:807) > at org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.doGet(DefaultServlet.jav > a:335) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) > at org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet.service(WebdavServlet.jav > a:287) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(App > licationFilterChain.java:252) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Application > FilterChain.java:173) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapper > Valve.java:213) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContext > Valve.java:178) > at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authentic > atorBase.java:482) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve. > java:126) > at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve. > java:105) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineVa > lve.java:107) > at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.ja > va:148) > at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.jav > a:856) > at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proc > essConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndp > oint.java:527) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFo > llowerWorkerThread.java:80) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(Thread > Pool.java:684) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) > Please help. Can we configure webdav application to provide exclusive > access of a subdirectory to multiple user ? > Regards, > Vineet > -- Meridian Club Unit 5, Caxton Centre Porters Wood St Albans Herts UNITED KINGDOM AL3 6XT Tel: +44 1727 738855 Fax: +44 1700 578955 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]