Yes this is normal. To get to a "protected" area of your web-app, you have to login.
The way we've routed users to the main-page all the time is to hit an Action that routes them to the main page. Put a link to this action on your welcome page. A real advantage of container-managed authentication is that users can probably bookmark many pages, and get back to them just by signing in. If you need to perform additional processing when a user logs in, you might consider using Filters. Matt --- storck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that normal that I have to access a webpage in the scure area to get the > login-page? How can I access direct the login-page cause I would like to > have link on my main-page for login > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Jon.Ridgway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Montag, 3. Dezember 2001 11:40 > An: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Betreff: RE: HTTP form based authentication > > > Hi Shri, > > I have found the best (only?) approach is not to use a struts html:form tag > on your login screen as you are posting to the containers auth mechanism not > the struts action servlet, > > Jon Ridgway > www.upco.co.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 December 2001 23:29 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: HTTP form based authentication > > HI all, > > When we follow HTTP form based authentication, for the form field we write: > > <form method="POST" action="j_security_check"> > > ( as per servlet specifications ) > > Using an action other than ".do" will break the action / action servlet > chain... > > How to make this a part of action chain? > > Any way of work around for this?? > > Shri > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 8:19 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Hidden Field in a form. Do I use struts taglib or vanilla > html? > > > The cleanest thing is to put the ArrayList on the ActionForm. The syntax > of the options tag is suboptimal, so you need to expose the property as > a bean. > > <html:select property="namesId"> > <bean:define id="names" name="actionForm" > property="names" type="java.util.Collection"/> > <html:options collection="names" property="value" > labelProperty="label"/> > </html:select> > > So, you go through an Action, and have it setup the names list. > > If there's validation involved, use the same Action as the input path, > so the list gets made again. > > This also makes it much easier to retrieve the list from a database or > static class that is on the business tier. > > David Lauta wrote: > > > > Wow, > > Thanks Ted this is great info. > > > > I have narrowed my problem down to: > > I want to use a <SELECT> Tag on a form and I want the options to be > > populated when the form is first displayed. > > To do this I need to set an ArrayList of valueLabel pairs in the page > Context > > > > pageContext.setAttribute("names", actionForm.getNames()); > > // getNames returns an ArrayList > > // each Item in the arrayList has a getValue() and getLabel() accessor. > > This works but is coded in the JSP ( tightly coupling the UI with the > Model ). > > I'm looking for a way to set the attribute outside of the JSP > > so that the following will work > > > > <form:select > > property="namesId" > > onchange="javascript:submitForm()" > > > <form:options collection="names" property="value" labelProperty="label" > /> > > </form:select> > > > > In the sequence of events listed below when is the earliest that I can > obtain the > > pageContext > > to call the setAttribute() method on it. I'm guessing that the PageContext > of the JSP is > > the same as the > > ServletContext of the HTTPServlet > > > > Could my problem be related to I am using the ActionForm instead of the > ActionFormBean > > class? > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
