I just wanted to finish up this thread... Mark R. Diggory wrote:
>> >> >>>> >>>> If you want to modify the state of the current request or session, you >>>> should really be looking at subclassing one of the existing >>>> Authenticator >>>> classes, instead of trying to do that in the Realm. >>>> >> >> The Authenticator is chosen based on which <login-method> you select. >> One >> of the four Authenticator valves will be selected automatically, based on >> the mapping in the Authenticator.properties file in the >> o.a.c.authenticators package. >> > > All the Authenticators (Form, Basic,Digest...) appear to be 'final' in > my catalina.jar archive (tomcat 4.0.1) making them not extendable. > > I could subclass AuthenticatorBase, but would that mean my Authenticator > was unavailable in the o.a.c.startup.Authenticator.properties file ? > > Does this mean I'll have to configure and rebuilt tomcat to use my > Authenticator? > > -Mark Diggory > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
