> (simply change the word FORM to BASIC in the existing <auth-method> is > easiest.
This did not help :-( > But the first thing to do is to post the stack trace that came with the > "Internal Server Error" page (or from one of the log files in the "logs" > directory -- without that, there is no way to diagnose what is going on. Stack trace in catalina.log goes like this: 2001-11-12 19:08:12 HttpProcessor[8080][1] process.invoke java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.status(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:291) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:462) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :163) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java: 1011) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1106 ) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) I have not made any changes to server.xml and in web.xml I replaced FORM with BASIC as you suggested. Does this stack trace help you? with best wishes, Taavi -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>