The spec seems to be somewhat ambiguous (at least the bits I have read so far) on this
issue.
It is quite explicit however that in the case of
res.sendError(res.SC_UNAUTHORIZED, "message");
any headers set so far should be preserved.
I tried this with no different result.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Knights [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:22 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: TC4 and Send Error
>
>
>
> I have installed TC4 and have it working.
>
> I am moving an app that worked fine under TC3.3.
>
> My problem is that when I call:
>
>
> res.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", BASIC realm=\"" + domain +"\");
> rese.sendError(res.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
>
> in my servlet the authenticate header is stripped from the
> result. (examples follow)
> This occurs whether I make the request through IIS (actually
> PWS) or to TC directly via port 8080
>
> Integrating a realm based authentication mechanism is not an
> option at this time.
>
>
> From TC3 the returned stream is:
>
> http://supportstage/eda/support/kb/kbsearch.htm
> HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
> Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 20:07:28 GMT
> WWW-Authenticate: BASIC realm="EDACustomer"
> Content-Type: text/html
> Content-Length: 159
> Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=p89g15em81;Path=/eda
> Servlet-Engine: Tomcat Web Server/3.3 Beta 1 ( JSP 1.1; Servlet 2.2 )
>
> <head><title>Error: 401</title></head>
> <body>
> <h1>Error: 401</h1>
> <h2>Location: /eda/support/kb/kbsearch.htm</h2>
> <b>No detailed message</b><br>
> </body>
>
> from TC4 (v 4.0) the returned stream is:
>
> http://localhost/eda/support/kb/kbsearch.htm
> HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
> Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 20:08:54 GMT
> Connection: close
> Content-Type: text/html
> Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=D204B543F210B2E196B391E918A04664;Path=/eda
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Tomcat Error Report</title>
> </head>
> <body bgcolor="white">
> <br><br>
> <h1>HTTP Status 401 - Unauthorized</h1>
> This request requires HTTP authentication (Unauthorized).
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Brett Knights Tanner Research, Inc.
> MIS Analyst 2650 E. Foothill Blvd.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pasadena, CA
> 91107
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>
>
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