Tomcat 5 does a forward so the login page url never reaches the browser.
There are a number of workarounds/hacks in the archives for tc4. eg the thread "j_security_check - Bookmarking the login page. A teaser!"
Jon
Jacob Kjome wrote:
At 01:54 AM 12/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> Put the file in something like WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp. Then either > configure form-based authentication for the path to that JSP
I tried doing that, but when I specified /WEB-INF/jsp/login.html in <login-config> <auth-method>FORM</auth-method> <form-login-config> <form-login-page>/WEB-INF/jsp /login.html</form-login-page> <form-error-page>/WEB-INF/jsp /loginError.html</form-error-page> </form-login-config> </login-config>
The server tried to actually put that into the URL of the browser! Am I doing something wrong?
Hmm... haven't use FORM auth in a while, but I thought the idea was to show the login file content in at the requested URL, not the actual location of the login form page. What version of Tomcat are you using? Maybe I'm misremembering what expected behavior is????
I can't really do your second option since I am not using struts. I am using a much simpler custom MVC package that doesn't support things like this very easily.
It is a simple RequestDispatcher.forward() call to the form page. The forward will not force the browser to display another URL like a redirect would. Any MVC framework should support this. It is part of the servlet spec.
Would you be able to explain to me what I am doing wrong or how to set up your first option?
Try searching the list or look at the Tomcat docs for FORM Auth configuration and expected behavior. I'd be surprised if the behavior you are seeing currently is expected.
Thanks, Yaakov.
Jake
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