IE uses some voodoo logic to decide when to show it's own error page or not. Anytime it get's something other than a HTTP 200 or 302, it looks at the HTML returned with it, and if it "seems" to be a well-formed html doc, and/or exceeds a certain length, then it will show that HTML, else it decides to show it's own "Friendly HTTP Error page" ( which IMHO is completely useless to experienced and novice users alike, but that's beside the point ).
You can turn off this behaviour in Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->Browsing->Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages And this will at least show you exactly what you are returning to the browser. Steph > -----Original Message----- > From: Bender, Christopher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:40 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Giving access to an html file in tomcat > > > Hey, > > I have added the following to my web.xml of one of my web apps: > > <error-page> > <error-code>403</error-code> > <location>/error/error.htm</location> > </error-page> > > > When I try and test this (go to a page I do not have access to that will throw a 403 > error), i get the Internet Explorer > error page that says "You might not have permission to view this directory or page > using the credentials you supplied" > and not my page (and not even a tomcat page). > > Am I missing some configuration somewhere? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
