Re: Use the tomcat authentification mecanisms in a webapp

Okay, I see your point. But, if a user requests a secure page without logging in, how will you find out? Are you using a Servlet Filter or something? Poorna David Delbecq wrote: Hello Poornachandran, as i said webapp X manage authentification all by itself (basically using it'

Re: Use the tomcat authentification mecanisms in a webapp

Hi David, I am just wondering after your app authenticates, are you able to get not-null from request.getUserPrincipal(). I understand this is how the container understands that user is logged on or not. Poorna David Delbecq wrote: Hello, I probably will have the following webapp structur

Re: reg. custom security

Hi Mark, Thank you for your reply. I understand that context.xml has to be kept in $CATALINA_HOME\conf\[hostname] directory. But, I cant even access the tomcat folders. Can I somehow manage security within my application scope only? Poorna Mark Thomas wrote: Poornachandran wrote: Hi

reg. custom security

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