> Hi,
> I was trying a very basic example of authentication using HTTP Basic
> Authentication. However this seems not working in TOMCAT 6.0.20 for my
> application. Here is the web.xml which tells about login
>
>
> <security-role>
>
> <role-name>application</role-name>
>
> </security-role>
>
> <!-- SECURITY CONSTRAINT -->
>
> <security-constraint>
>
> <web-resource-collection>
>
> <web-resource-name>JSP</web-resource-name>
>
> <url-pattern>/*corejspbean*/StringBean.jsp</url-pattern>
>
> <http-method>GET</http-method>
>
> <http-method>POST</http-method>
>
> </web-resource-collection>
>
> <auth-constraint>
>
> <role-name>application</role-name>
>
> </auth-constraint>
>
> <user-data-constraint>
>
> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
>
> </user-data-constraint>
>
> </security-constraint>
>
> <!-- LOGIN CONFIGURATION-->
>
> <login-config>
>
> <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
>
> <realm-name>application</realm-name>
>
> </login-config>
>
>
>
> I have also defined a role "application" and a user by name "user" for that
> role in tomcat-users file. What could be the problem?
>
