Container Managed Security - Basic authentication will not work.

[Miles Daffin]

Hi,   TC version: 3.1 Java version: "1.3.0-C" OS: Win 2000 (SP 1)   Has anyone else tested the Example Basic Authentication Area (see TOMCAT_HOME\readme.txt) in the example web app?   I placed an index.html in '/examples/jsp/security/protected' directory and tried the following URLs:   1: http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/security/protected/ 2: http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/security/protected/index.html 3: http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/security/protected/index.jsp   In each case a Basic Authentication dialog opens OK & I enter a user ID and password combination as defined in TOMCAT_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml.   This is what happens:-   1: A listing of directories that DO NOT EXIST within 'examples/jsp/security/protected' - they are in the 'examples' directory. Directory Listing for: /examples/jsp/security/protected/ Up to: /examples/jsp/security Subdirectories:       images/          Sun, 05 Nov 2000 14:26 GMT+01:00       jsp/          Sun, 05 Nov 2000 14:26 GMT+01:00       servlets/          Sun, 05 Nov 2000 14:26 GMT+01:00     Tomcat Web Server v3.1     2: Error 404 Error: 404 Location: /examples/jsp/security/protected/index.html File Not Found /examples/jsp/security/protected/index.html   There is DEFINITELY an index.html in this location   3: Error 404 - same as above but for 'index.jsp'     If I press make 3 bad attempts to log-in OR press cancel I get a blank page - wonderful!   Any ideas? - please.   Finally: The project I am involved in intends to run TomCat as a standalone - no Apache. * Can anyone direct me to a decent source of info on how to configure Basic and other forms of access control to protected resources using JUST TomCat? * Is it possible to hook TomCat up to an LDAP server (users, groups & roles)? * Can I define users (as in TOMCAT_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml) separately for each web app?   Thanks in advance .....     ���`����,��,����`�������`����,��,����`�����   Miles Daffin  Java Developer, Netherlands.     Land: +31 (0)10 476 2412 Mobile: +31 (0)6 2959 1423 Permanent email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   ���`����,��,����`�������`����,��,����`�����