Hi I think the solution to this is to make LoginAction.do a protected resource.
Any attempt to access LoginAction.do will cause your login page to be displayed and following sucessful authentication, you can complete the action in LoginAction.do - including forwards to your chosen page. db > -----Original Message----- > From: MarwanSalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 31 January 2003 00:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: j_security_check with LogonAction > > > Hi, > > I am trying to use j_security_check Servlet to authenticate users > from a login.jsp. However, if I do this, I will not be able to take > advantage of LogonAction class where I need to set certain session > and request attributes. If I submit the logon form to LogonAction, I > can forward the request from LogonAction to j_security_check but the > request object will stay there and I can not forward again using > mapping.findForward("success") to a different page since the response > is already commited at that point. > > Is there a way to work around this? > > Marwan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
