Hello : I can't get my 403 (forbidden) error page to show up. Instead, I get the standard 403 error message on my browser (yes, friendly error messages are turned off on IE). My 404 page works and its virtually identical to my 403 page. What am I doing wrong? I have the following entry in my ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml : <error-page> <error-code>403</error-code> <location>/security/status/forbidden.jsp</location> </error-page> <error-page> <error-code>404</error-code> <location>/security/status/notfound.jsp</location> </error-page> The following messages appear in my logs : XmlMapper: new null org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage error-page ErrorPage[errorCode=0, location=null] XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setErrorCode( 403) XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setErrorCode( ) XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setLocation( /security/status/forbidden.jsp) XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setLocation( ) XmlMapper: Calling org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addErrorPage ErrorPage[errorCode=403, location=/security/status/forbidde n.jsp] XmlMapper: pop error-page org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage: ErrorPage[errorCode=403, location=/security/status/forbidden.jsp] XmlMapper: new null org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage error-page ErrorPage[errorCode=0, location=null] XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setErrorCode( 404) XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setErrorCode( ) XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setLocation( /security/status/notfound.jsp) XmlMapper: org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage.setLocation( ) XmlMapper: Calling org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addErrorPage ErrorPage[errorCode=404, location=/security/status/notfound .jsp] XmlMapper: pop error-page org.apache.catalina.deploy.ErrorPage: ErrorPage[errorCode=404, location=/security/status/notfound.jsp] My code is purposely throwing the following : HttpServletResponse hres = (HttpServletResponse) sres; hres.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN); Thanks! ...Casey ============================================== Casey Bragg - Software Engineer Allegiance Telecom, Inc. Dallas, TX 469-259-2702 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==============================================