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Jon

S�ren Blidorf wrote:

> That did the trick. Thanks a lot.
>
> Is there a setting on my laptop I can change, so that I do not have to
> change all the links?
>
> BR
>
> Soren
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Jon Wingfield [mailto:jon.wingfield@(protected)]
> Sendt: 20. januar 2004 11:42
> Til: Tomcat Users List
> Emne: Re: request.getRemoteUser() is NULL
>
> If FORM authentication only works after encoding the url then the
> browser is probably rejecting the cookie (JSessionId) that is normally
> used to maintain a session.
> If this is the case then every link should also be encoded.
> Actually, this is good practise anyway (encodeURL does nothing if
> cookies ARE being used to maintain state).
> If tomcat can't use cookies and the url isn't encoded there is no way
> for session info to be retained between requests and a new
> (unauthenticated) session is started. This seems to be what you see when
>
> you hit test2.jsp.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jon
>
> S�ren Blidorf wrote:
>
>>I have made a new installation of Tomcat 4.1.29 on my new DELL laptop
>>running
>>XP.
>>
>>I have copied the project to the new laptop and try set it up to work
>
> as
>
>>on my
>>work machine.
>>
>>I am not able to get the login to work. I am using the
>><security-constraint> in
>>my web.xml.
>>
>>At first I could not get the FORM login to work only BASIC. Then I
>>changed the
>>FORM action to <%= response.encodeURL("j_security_check") %>, and I
>
> was
>
>>able
>>use FORM login.
>>
>>The next problem is that the auth is only accepted for the page that
>>activated
>>the FORM page. For example <url-pattern>/public/*</url-pattern>
>
> contains
>
>>test.jsp and test2.jsp and when I link to test.jsp the FORM page is
>>called.
>>When succesfully logged in the request.getRemoteUser() is correct. But
>>when I
>>then link from there to test2.jsp the request.getRemoteUser() is NULL
>>and the
>>FORM page is called again.
>>
>>If you have any ideas that will get me in the right direction, please
>>let me know.
>>
>>BR.
>>
>>Soren
>>


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