Stefan Bräu wrote:
>
> well thats to late. if the user already has access to the servlet its
> too late, isnt it? i want the browser to ask the user for his
> userid/password.
> as you can do it with apache ...
>
> users are specified in tomcat-users.xml as far as i know.
>
> regards
>
> bs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian Rauh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Authentification
>
> > Stefan Bräu wrote:
> > >
> > > good day!
> > >
> > > i search for information about this topic for about 3 hours
> > > now and founds as much as nothing: is it possible to do a
> > > simple user-authentification with tomcat only (without apache)?
> > > if so: how can i handle this? are there any tutorials or examples?
> >
> > Stefan, check the authentication methods available to servlets. Those
> > are described in the Servlet Specification, you can find it on Sun´s
> > site.
> >
> > Christian
The servlet-spec also describes the deployment descriptor : web.xml for
webApplications. There is the place to put security relevant tags that
will cause the
servlet-container to restrict access. So really read the section 11 in
the spec.
Take care ,
Paul
Paul Marshall
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