Hi, I've been a bit confused after reading the classloader docs for Tomcat 4, the %CATALINA_HOME/lib %CATALINA_HOME/classes are accessed via the shared classloader but the startup script sets certain jars from %CATALINA_HOME/lib on the system classpath.
JAAS 1.0 requires login config and login modules to be on the system classpath so to that end I have put jaas.jar to %CATALINA_HOME/lib and added it to the classpath used in catalina.(sh|bat). There is no concept in Tomcat 4.0 of a system classes directory where you can just dump the odd class as the classes directory is used by the shared classloader. I gather the shared classpath will be renamed 'shared/lib + classes' in 4.1 but wouldn't it be useful if the catalina startup script set the classpath to all the jars in %CATALINA_HOME/lib and %CATALINA_HOME/classes. At least this way no modifications need to be done to the startup scripts and JAAS login modules can just be dropped into the system classes directory as needed. Rgds -- Antony Bowesman Teamware Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +358 9 5128 2562 fax : +358 9 5128 2705 intra / extra / Internet solutions at www.teamware.com
