Hello, Have you tried adding "j_security_check" to your web.xml for patterns which should be redirected to SSL?
Regards, Justin > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:17:36 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Form Based Authenticattion - j_security_check does not redirect from > http to https > > > Hi, > > > > I am using Apache Tomcat Version 5.5.2. I am running it on Windows XP > Professional Service Pack 2. > > > > I have a form based authentication for my application: > > > > […] > > <login-config> > > <auth-method>FORM</auth-method> > > <realm-name>Authentication Area</realm-name> > > <form-login-config> > > <form-login-page>/login.jsp</form-login-page> > > <form-error-page>/login.jsp?action=error</form-error-page> > > </form-login-config> > > </login-config> > > […] > > > > > > Also, I have redirected all my requests for port-80 to port-443. So, > whenever I try to open a page in http, it automatically gets redirected to > https. This is working fine for all the pages. > > > > Except, when I open the http://localhost/<APP_NAME>/j_security_check page it > does not get redirected and stays on http. This is the only page showing > this deviation in behavior. > > For example, the http://localhost/<APP_NAME>/security_check page gets > redirected to https, and the same goes for my login page and all other pages > in my app. > > > > Is this a known issue or is there a configuration that I am unaware of. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Form-Based-Authenticattion---j_security_check-does-not-redirect-from-http-to-https-tp20910454p20910454.html > Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________