Ok, if anyone is following this thread...
I found a freeware "hard links for windows" program
and placed hard links for my site in a separate webapp dedicated
to webdav only. So, multiple distinguishable authentications for a single 
filesystem works.


>From: "Mark Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: auth-constraint question
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:42:23 -0700
>
>Thanks for the response.
>I would like to have both roles go as far down the tree as possible.
>But, from a browser, have Root role authentication and their inherent 
>read-only permissions, and from a dav client: Webdav role authentication 
>and full access to the file system.
>
>
>>From: "Terrence Szeto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: auth-constraint question
>>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:03:23 -0400
>>
>>
>>
>>One thing you can do is use filters to further restrict users.
>>
>>So write a filter, which checks for user roles, and foward the ones you
>>don't want to go further "down" your directory.
>>
>>Don't forget to map the filter in the web.xml file so tomcat knows where 
>>to
>>restrict.
>>
>>hope that helps
>>
>>
>>Terrence
>>
>>
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>>Hello,
>>I am running tomcat 4 stand-alone on Win NT4, using authentication with
>>mysql (working just fine) on my entire site/webapp. I have a Webdav role 
>>and
>>a Root role defined and need to use both of them in the same webapp.
>>My entire site is password protected. When I connect with my webdav 
>>client,
>>it allows my Webdav role users to login as planned, but normal Root users
>>can log in as well. How can I distinguish between these constraints? Below
>>is a snippet of my web-inf/web.xml...
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Mark
>>
>>
>><!-- Define a Security Constraint on this Application -->
>>  <security-constraint>
>>    <web-resource-collection>
>>      <web-resource-name>mysite</web-resource-name>
>>      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
>>    </web-resource-collection>
>>
>>    <auth-constraint>
>>       <role-name>Root</role-name>
>>       <role-name>Webdav</role-name>
>>    </auth-constraint>
>>  </security-constraint>
>>
>>
>>  <!-- Define the Login Configuration for this Application -->
>>  <login-config>
>>    <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
>>    <realm-name>mysite</realm-name>
>>  </login-config>
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