To add a little more context...The login action loads the login.jsp just fine when called directly, but doesn't work when invoked by the servlet container. Instead I see the following in the Tomcat log:
Jun-25-2007 10:31:30:865 AM, PDT [DEBUG] (org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator) - Save request in session '930B154E1AD9BFB1283165CD888441EF' Jun-25-2007 10:31:33:053 AM, PDT [DEBUG] (org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher) - servletPath=/login.action, pathInfo=null, queryString=null, name=null Jun-25-2007 10:31:33:053 AM, PDT [DEBUG] (org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher) - Path Based Forward Jun-25-2007 10:31:33:053 AM, PDT [DEBUG] (org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher) - Disabling the response for futher output I tried configuring the app to go directly to the login jsp page, but the struts2 tags throw the following NullPointer: Jun-25-2007 10:36:03:552 AM, PDT [ERROR] (org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/mywebapp].[jsp]) - Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.TagUtils.getStack(TagUtils.java:58) at org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.StrutsBodyTagSupport.getStack(StrutsBodyTagSupport.java:52) at org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ComponentTagSupport.doStartTag(ComponentTagSupport.java:49) at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_meth_s2ib_005furl_005f0(login_jsp.java:503) at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:111) If this is off topic and I should post this to the Tomcat user list please let me know...it just seems to me that other S2 users may have this same question. ----- Original Message ---- From: Jon Wilmoth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: user@struts.apache.org Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:21:02 PM Subject: [S2] login action w/FORM authentication? Is it possible to use an action as the webapp's login page? I've tried the following web.xml/struts.xml entries with S2.0.8 & Tomcat 5.5.23, but get a 404 The requested resource (/mywebapp/login.action) is not available message. <login-config> <auth-method>FORM</auth-method> <form-login-config> <form-login-page>/login.action</form-login-page> <form-error-page>/loginFailure.action</form-error-page> </form-login-config> </login-config> <action name="login"> <result>/login.jsp</result> </action>