//code
Object o = ic.lookup("java:comp/env/users");
System.out.println(o.getClass().getName()); // prints :
"org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabase"

doing instanceof tests on the returned object for MemoryUserDatabase &
UserDatabase all fail, even though in debug that's clearly what it
identifies as.

could this be a security manager thing? I notice that in the tomcat
manager deployment descriptor it has privileged="true" in the Context
tag. Are only privileged applications allowed access to the
UserDatabase? (this would make sense as you could enumerate all users &
passwords...)

Gregor Schneider wrote:
> InitialContext.lookup() gives you a simple object:
>
> so change your code to
>
> Context ic = new InitialContext();
> Object o = ic.lookup("java:comp/env/users");
>
> set a breakpoint and see, what type of object you're getting back.
>
> hth
>
> gregor
>  

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