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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2002/12/20 16:07:10 UTC

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 15570] New: - incorrect role-name mapping for "*" with respect to spec

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incorrect role-name mapping for "*" with respect to spec

           Summary: incorrect role-name mapping for "*" with respect to spec
           Product: Tomcat 4
           Version: 4.1.16
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-
                    user@jakarta.apache.org/msg78364.html
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Unknown
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: paradies@transit-online.de


According to the servlet spec 2.3 the specially reserved role-name "*" is a 
compact syntax for indicating all roles in the web application. Tomcat 
interprets "*" as meaning "any authenticated user", which is not quite the same 
thing as the spec language either.

For further reading have a look at Graig's reply to my post in tomcat user 
mailing list:
http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg78364.html

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