There is no limitation regarding special characters. I just have to make sure and encode my query string properly.
Thanks, -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Kolinko [mailto:knst.koli...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:22 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Form Authentication Illegal Characters 2011/3/14 <beau.hutche...@thomsonreuters.com>: > Hello All: > > I am using Tomcat 6.0.26. My application has a context.xml file that > defines an org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator > > Valve and an org.apache.catalina.realm.DataSourceRealm Realm which I use > for authentication. > > My login page functions in typical FormAuthentication manner by passing > the j_username and j_password parameters to j_security_check > > > > Currently, authentication fails if the character # (pound sign) is > contained within a username. Has anybody come across this limitation? I I do not think that there is such a limitation. I would suggest you to try debugging it, http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Developing#Debugging And an update to the latest 6.0.32 should not hurt. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
