I think there is a SingleSignOn example that ships with Tomcat, look for singleSignOnValve
Filip -----Original Message----- From: Madere, Colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:08 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: multiple contexts and form-based login To reword my original post in a short statement: Is there anyway to have multiple contexts that have form-based auth configured that all use a single login form rather than one for each context? > -----Original Message----- > From: Madere, Colin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:14 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: form-based login and login form locations > > So I have a site that I want the entire thing secured via form-based > login. > IOW, any content static or not should be secured. I set up the config > below > as it was the only thing I could make work. However, if I hit the app > within the site, it doesn't ask for a login. When I add the auth config > stuff to the web.xml for the app, it requires a form be in the app's > directory (so now I have 2 login forms and fail pages and if it includes a > header and footer those also have to be duplicated to every app that > requires login). > > This is a mess. How can I secure a whole site with a single form, static > and dynamic content alike? > > I have a web.xml with auth info in "/www/public/WEB-INF" and a login.html > in > "/www/public" which works. > > I have the same auth setup in an app's dir > "/www/public/webapps/CalApp/WEB-INF" with the same login.html in > ".../CalApp". > > How do I do it all with one config and login/login_fail pages? > > relevant content from server.xml: > > <!-- Site 1 (default) (Public) --> > <Host name="192.168.16.208" debug="0" appBase="/www/public/webapps" > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"> > > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn" > debug="0"/> > > <DefaultContext> > <!-- set up virtual host variable for multi-site apps --> > <Parameter name="siteRole" value="public"/> > <!-- set up web app DB connection info in each host for > flexibilty --> > <Parameter name="DB_Driver" value="org.postgresql.Driver" /> > <Parameter name="DB_URL" > value="jdbc:postgresql://localhost/WebApps" /> > <Parameter name="DB_User" value="postgres" /> > <Parameter name="DB_Pass" value="postgres" /> > </DefaultContext> > <!-- set up document context since app-base of host is abnormal > --> > <Context path="" docBase="/www/public"/> > > </Host> > > from web.xml: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <!DOCTYPE web-app > PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd"> > > <web-app> > <session-config> > <session-timeout>30</session-timeout> > </session-config> > > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> > <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> > > <security-constraint> > <web-resource-collection> > <web-resource-name>Secure Site</web-resource-name> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > <http-method>DELETE</http-method> > <http-method>GET</http-method> > <http-method>POST</http-method> > <http-method>PUT</http-method> > </web-resource-collection> > <auth-constraint> > <role-name>admin</role-name> > </auth-constraint> > <user-data-constraint> > <transport-guarantee>NONE</transport-guarantee> > </user-data-constraint> > </security-constraint> > > <login-config> > <auth-method>FORM</auth-method> > <form-login-config> > <form-login-page>/login.shtml</form-login-page> > <form-error-page>/login_fail.shtml</form-error-page> > </form-login-config> > </login-config> > </web-app> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]