Böhringer Jochen wrote: > But the problem is, that this valve is called after the basic authentication > took place (exactly as it happens if I try to use a servlet filter).
If you explicitly define the Authenticator Valve as well as your own, and specify your own first, you should get the behaviour you are looking for. Note I haven't tested this. Take a look at the source the for authenticatorConfig() method in o.a.catalina.startup.ContextConfig for details of how the authentication valve is configured. HTH, Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]