Hey! That worked out. I changed my url-pattern to just *.jsp and now my favicon works correctly and entry into my application works seemlessly.
Thank you very much! Dean Searle Computing Oasis Caro, Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Ignatyev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 5/15/2006 5:40 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Weirdness with Tomcat 5.5.17, j_security_check and favicon.ico URL pattern matching is VERY limited in J2EE standard, it is basically either prefix matching like /something/* or suffix matching like *.jsp Patterns like /something/*.jsp are not supported Dean Searle wrote: > Konstantin, > > Thank you very much for replying so quickly. > > Is there any way around that? I've tried changing the <url-pattern> from /* > to /*.jsp but I get 'Invalid <url-pattern> /*.jsp in security constraint' in > my catalina log file. I've tried looking for resources to explain the > <url-pattern> usage, but have not found much that helps out. > > Thank you in advance! > > Dean Searle > Computing Oasis > Caro, Michigan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Konstantin Ignatyev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 5/13/2006 11:45 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Weirdness with Tomcat 5.5.17, j_security_check and favicon.ico > > That is most likely due to security constraints URL in your web.xml > > It looks like all your resources are protected and when browser tries to > access favicon before anything else server sees it as protected resource and > displays login form, and then let the request proceed to the favicon once > user provided credentials. > > > On Saturday 13 May 2006 08:32 pm, Dean Searle wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I have just installed a clean server with windows 2003 Standard, Java >> JDK 1.5.0_06 and tomcat 5.5.17. I moved my application that I created >> on tomcat 5.0 to this server and set the application up as a <host> >> site. >> >> When I access the site, it asks for the user name and password (normally >> done). But after you are successfully authenticated, it goes to a 404 >> cannot find favicon.ico. So I googled and found that was an issue with >> Firefox, so I tried IE and I can get into the application. But now, when >> I put a favicon.ico in the applications root and I log in. With Firefox, >> right after I log in, I get a page that displays my favicon.ico, but it >> never gets to my index.jsp. I have to go to the url and delete the >> /favicon.ico and hit enter and then I'm into the application. In IE, >> after I log in, it takes me to my application, but it doesn't show the >> favicon.ico in the address bar. >> >> Has anyone else experienced this or could you point me to another >> posting that shows how this was resolved. I thank you in advance for any >> advice I can get. >> >> Respectfully, >> >> Dean Searle >> Computing Oasis >> Caro, Michigan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Thanks, Konstantin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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