*outch* This mean i will have to change my web.xml with future tomcat
version.
How do I allow access to a ressource to all authenticated users now?

Mark Thomas a écrit :

>Oliver Kohll wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>I have security for a web application managed by a DataSource  database
>>realm. Using tomcat 5.5.14 this works fine but in 5.5.15  there seems to
>>be a problem.
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>>The problem seems to be the <role-name>*</role-name> line. If I put a 
>>specific role in, users in that role can log in but the * wildcard 
>>doesn't work. A 403 HTTP rejection is issued if the user inputs a 
>>correct username and password (if they put in the wrong username/
>>password, it prompts again as expected). As users themselves can add 
>>roles to the database, I don't know what the roles may be so I have  to
>>use the wildcard.
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>The special role "*" means all roles specified in web.xml. It does not
>mean all roles specified in the realm nor does it mean all
>authenticated users.
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>The fix for 15570 was to correctly handle "*". It used to be
>interpreted as all authenticated users. It is now correctly
>interpreted as all roles defined in web.xml.
>
>Mark
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