[JS2-496] J2 on tomcat 5.5.15: 403 returned to client browser when any user that doesn't have admin role attempts to log in

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-FINAL
• Fix Version/s: 2.1-dev, 2.1
• Component/s: Security
• Environment: Tomcat 5.5.15 (JDK 1.5, Apache 2, Fedora Core 3)
• Assignee: W. Randall Watler
• Reporter: Aaron Evans
• Created: 13/Feb/06 11:09
• Updated: 04/Oct/11 21:38
• Resolved: 01/Mar/06 18:06

Description

When J2 is deployed on tomcat 5.5.15, whenever any user that does not have the admin role logs in, a 403 is returned for the URI /login/redirector.

This does not occur on earlier releases of tomcat (5.5.9 for example).

The user is in fact authenticated, for if you delete the /login/redirector from the URL in the browser and refresh, then the main page of the portal is shown and the user is authenticated.