There is a single sign on in tomcat, but I have never used it. You might want to ask about it in the user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] or better yet read the archives and see if this question has already been answered there.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Senécal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:12 AM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: RequestDispatcher.forward() problem > > > Thanks for your reply, John. > > Can you transport data from one webapp to the other when you use the > sendRedirect() method? Here is my true problem. I want to > transport data > such as a username and a password between two webapps (and I > don't want to > use URL rewriting). The user logs on Webapp1 and after > authentification, > the user has the choice to go to Webapp2, and I need the username and > password to work in Webapp2. As I understand it, I can't use > the session > object to transport data because each Webapp has it's own > session object. > So I thought of using the forwarding method and use the > request object to > store my data (with setAttribute and getAttribute). It works, > but like I > said in my previous email, after forwarding, I'm still in the > context of > Webapp1. > > Simon. > > At 09:51 2003-02-21 -0500, you wrote: > >I am not sure if this helps, but a forward happens at the > server so the > >server makes the forwarded request and returns the results to the > >browser, so the browser never knows the request has changed and > >therefor the URL in the browser will not change, on the other hand a > >redirect tells the browser to go get the new page so the browser URL > >will update to the new URL. > > > >John > > > > > -----Original Message-----> > > > > > > I need help. (I use Tomcat 4.1.18) > > > > > > I'm in JSP1 in a webapp (Webapp1) and I use > > > RequestDispatcher.forward(request, response) to forward in JSP2 > > > located in another webapp (Webapp2). The two webapps are > on the same > > > server. The forwarding works, but once I'm in the JSP2 > (in Webapp2), > > > it looks like I'm > > > still in the context of Webapp1, the URL of the request > > > remains the URL of > > > JSP1 in Webapp1. However, the servlet API documentation > > > specifically says: > > > > > > "For a RequestDispatcher obtained via getRequestDispatcher(), the > > > ServletRequest object has its path elements and > parameters adjusted > > > to match the path of the target resource". > > > > > > Here is a simplified part of the code I use in JSP1: > > > > > > ServletContext contxt = > getServletContext().getContext("/Webapp2"); > > > RequestDispatcher disp = > > > contxt.getRequestDispatcher("/JSPinWebapp2.jsp"); > > > disp.forward(request, response); > > > > > > Is this a bug, or is there something that I'm missing or not > > > understanding about forwarding? > > > > > > > > > Simon Senécal > > > Lab-Volt Québec (Software Development) > > > 418-849-1000 #348 > > > http://www.labvolt.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
