What version are you using? Mine doesn't contain this attribute pair at all...
<security-role-ref> </security-role-ref> -----Original Message----- From: Jakub 1983 [mailto:jjaku...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:51 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: security-role-ref doesn't work my tomcat users: <role rolename="tomcat"/> <role rolename="role1"/> <role rolename="manager-gui"/> <role rolename="admin"/> <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,manager-gui,admin"/> <user username="both" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,role1"/> <user username="role1" password="tomcat" roles="role1"/> following code fails: <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Sample Application</web-resource-name> <description>Require users to authenticate</description> <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern> <http-method>POST</http-method> <http-method>GET</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <role-name>adminLocal</role-name> </auth-constraint> <user-data-constraint> <transport-guarantee>NONE</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint> <security-role> <role-name>adminLocal</role-name> </security-role> <security-role-ref> <role-name>admin</role-name> <role-link>adminLocal</role-link> </security-role-ref> if I change security-role.role-name to admin, and in auth-constraint.role-name also to admin, than I can login, but why doesnt' it work with <security-role-ref> ? regards Jakub --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org