two curious things about this
1) firefox 1.5 did not solved my problem
2) re-deploying it into a new webapps directory (instead of the
default ROOT I was using before) solved my problem
good luck Peter
regards
Kenji
On 1/16/06, Leonardo Kenji Shikida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> The same problem is happening to me
>
> I am using tomcat 4.1.30, it's configured like this
>
> 1) server.xml is configured like this
>
> <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm" debug="99"
> driverName="org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"
> connectionURL="jdbc:mysql://localhost/authority"
> connectionName="test" connectionPassword="test"
> userTable="users" userNameCol="user_name"
> userCredCol="user_pass"
> userRoleTable="user_roles" roleNameCol="role_name" />
>
> and I commented the default memory realm
>
> <!--
> <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm" />
> -->
>
> 2) I've created the database tables correctly and the authentication
> seems to be working, since I get the following log message from
> cataline_log.(date).txt
>
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardEngine[Standalone]: Mapping server name
> 'localhost'
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardEngine[Standalone]: Trying a direct match
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 JDBCRealm[Standalone]: Username root successfully
> authentica
> ted
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 CoyoteAdapter Requested cookie session id is yyy
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardEngine[Standalone]: Mapping server name
> 'localhost'
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardEngine[Standalone]: Trying a direct match
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 JDBCRealm[Standalone]: Username root has role xxx
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 CoyoteAdapter Requested cookie session id is yyy
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardEngine[Standalone]: Mapping server name
> 'localhost'
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardEngine[Standalone]: Trying a direct match
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 JDBCRealm[Standalone]: Username root has role xxx
>
> but localhost_log.(date).txt gives me
>
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardHost[localhost]: Mapping request URI
> '/j_security_check'
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardHost[localhost]: Trying the longest
> context path prefix
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardHost[localhost]: Mapped to context ''
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardHost[localhost]: Mapping request URI
> '/favicon.ico'
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardHost[localhost]: Trying the longest
> context path prefix
> 2006-01-16 13:51:36 StandardHost[localhost]: Mapped to context ''
>
> and after logging using the login.jsp page, which contains
>
> <body>
> <form method="POST" action="<%=response.encodeURL("j_security_check")%>">
> User<input type="text" name="j_username">
> Pass<input type="password" name="j_password">
> <input type="submit" value="Log In">
> </form>
> </body>
>
> it tries to get favicon.ico or j_security_check (sometimes one,
> sometimes another), which is obviously wrong, returning an http error
> 404
>
> I am also using firefox 1.0.7
>
> notice that this works perfectly on Internet Explorer, so it seems to
> be a browser problem, not a tomcat problem.
>
> I'll try a newer firefox version
>
> regards
>
> Kenji
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Peter Neu wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > does anyone know what I means when I get this error message:
> >
> > The requested resource (/favicon.ico) is not available.
> >
> > when I try to log in via form authentication. This error occurs
> > when I use Firefox.
>
> /favicon.ico is a semi-supported feature, introduced by IE5, if I'm not
> mistaken, but now dropped by IE6. It allows a web designer to associate
> an icon with the web site. This icon usually apperas in your location
> par of the browser, usually on the left of the URL.
>
> I don't think it has anything to do with FORM authentication.
>
> Nix.
> --
>
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>
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