i could be wrong, but i think once you call sendError(), the response is committed and
you cannot set any more headers. try reversing the order of the
sendError()/setHeader() calls:
response.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "BASIC realm=\"test\"");
response.sendError(response.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Bergknoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 9:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: servlet authentication
>
>
> To test servlet-based authentication, I have a two
> line servlet.
> response.sendError(response.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
> response.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "BASIC
> realm=\"test\"");
>
> Here is the output I get:
> $ telnet localhost 8080
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> GET /myapp/servlet
> <html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/4.0.3 - Error
> report</title><STYLE><!--H1{font-family :
> sans-serif,Arial,Tahoma;color : white;background-color
> : #0086b2;} BODY{font-family :
> sans-serif,Arial,Tahoma;color : black;background-color
> : white;} B{color : white;background-color : #0086b2;}
> HR{color : #0086b2;} --></STYLE>
> </head><body><h1>Apache Tomcat/4.0.3 - HTTP Status 401
> - Unauthorized</h1><HR size="1" noshade><p><b>type</b>
> Status report</p><p><b>message</b>
> <u>Unauthorized</u></p><p><b>description</b> <u>This
> request requires HTTP authentication
> (Unauthorized).</u></p><HR size="1"
> noshade></body></html>Connection closed by foreign
> host.
>
> The output contains no HTTP headers, just some Tomcat
> generated HTML. Is this a bug in my servlet test or
> what?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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