tomcat form authentication behind proxy looping issue.

Greetings: I am using Tomcat 5.5.20 behind an apache 2.2 mod_proxy. The webapp uses form authentication. If I access the webapp directly (http://localhost:8080/mywebapp) the authentication works and the user is redirected to the homepage. If I access the webapp behind the proxy (http://mywebapp

tomcat form authentication behind proxy looping issue.

Greetings: I am using Tomcat 5.5.20 behind an apache 2.2 mod_proxy. The webapp uses form authentication. If I access the webapp directly (http://localhost:8080/mywebapp) the authentication works and the user is redirected to the homepage. If I access the webapp behind the proxy (http://mywebapp