Hi, as I told you I'm not a wizard in configuring log4j. using this configuration for log4j:
log4j.logger.org.apache=FINE, logApache log4j.additivity.org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase=false log4j.appender.logApache=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender log4j.appender.logApache.File=../logs/ApacheFine.log log4j.appender.logApache.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd log4j.appender.logApache.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.logApache.layout.ConversionPattern=[%p] %d %c %M - %m%n outputs: [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:27:48,063 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:34:10,937 org.apache.ibatis.logging.LogFactory setImplementation - Logging initialized using 'class org.apache.ibatis.logging.log4j.Log4jImpl' adapter. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:34:10,937 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:34:10,937 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:34:10,937 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:34:10,937 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:36:05,254 org.apache.ibatis.logging.LogFactory setImplementation - Logging initialized using 'class org.apache.ibatis.logging.log4j.Log4jImpl' adapter. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:36:05,270 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:36:05,270 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:36:05,270 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. [DEBUG] 2014-02-27 16:36:05,270 org.apache.ibatis.datasource.pooled.PooledDataSource forceCloseAll - PooledDataSource forcefully closed/removed all connections. The AuthenticationFilter class is not that complicated @WebFilter("/AuthenticationFilter") public class AuthenticationFilter implements Filter { private ServletContext context; private static List<String> ALLOWED_URLS; public void init(FilterConfig fConfig) throws ServletException { this.context = fConfig.getServletContext(); // put the allowed JSP urls here: ALLOWED_URLS = new ArrayList<String>(); ALLOWED_URLS.add(fConfig.getServletContext().getContextPath() + "/login.jsp"); ALLOWED_URLS.add(fConfig.getServletContext().getContextPath() + "/loginFail.jsp"); ALLOWED_URLS.add(fConfig.getServletContext().getContextPath() + "/LoginServlet"); } public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException { Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AuthenticationFilter.class); HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) request; HttpServletResponse res = (HttpServletResponse) response; String uri = req.getRequestURI(); log.info("Requested Resource::" + uri + "-> allowed:" + ALLOWED_URLS.contains(uri)); LdapAuthenticator authenticator = new LdapAuthenticator(req.getSession()); if (ALLOWED_URLS.contains(uri) || authenticator.isLogged()) { // pass the request along the filter chain chain.doFilter(request, response); } else { log.info("Unauthorized access request"); res.sendRedirect(this.context.getContextPath() + "/login.jsp"); } } public void destroy() { // close any resources here } } 2014-02-27 16:14 GMT+01:00 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > On 27/02/2014 15:01, Lorenzo Fini wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > if I am just doing request.getSession() on the request that I receive, > how > > can it be an application error? > > That would depend on where the object named "request" was obtained from. > > > I do no store any request or session.. > > In which case, I refer you to the answer I provided earlier: > > >> This is either an application bug or a bug in > >> com.abovo.gc.plata.filter.AuthenticationFilter that is retaining and > >> using a reference to a request object from a previous request rather > >> than using the request object for the current request. > > The application code was not the only possible source of the bug. > > Strictly, since you failed to provide the full stack trace, there is a > third option that some as yet undisclosed component is retaining the > reference to the request object. > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >