Hello I am learning JSP authentication and am having issues. I think my code for this simple test looks pretty good but everytime I try to login I get my login error page:
web.xml
<!-- Define security roles -->
<security-role>
<description>administrator</description>
<role-name>administrator</role-name>
</security-role>
<!-- Restrict access to all files in the /admin folder -->
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Protected Area</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/admin/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<!-- Authorize the programmer and service roles -->
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>administrator</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<!-- Use form-based authentication -->
<login-config>
<auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
<form-login-config>
<form-login-page>/admin/login.html</form-login-page>
<form-error-page>/admin/login_error.html</form-error-page>
</form-login-config>
</login-config>
Login Page:
<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Login Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Please Login:</h1>
<form action = "j_security_check" method = "post">
<table cellspacing="5" border="0">
<tr>
<td align = "right">Username:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="j_username"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align = "right">Password:</td>
<td><input type="password" name="j_password"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Tomcat-Users.xml
<tomcat-users>
<role rolename="manager" />
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="manager"/>
<role rolename="programmer" />
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="programmer"/>
<role rolename="administrator" />
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="administrator"/>
</tomcat-users>
Please note I did try to login into the TomCat manager page and it wouldnt take the admin/admin. I am wondering if I messed something up in my tomcat-users.xml or screwed something else up???