filter for j_security_check not called

[jtvrab]

I am using form-based authentiation and JBoss 3.2.1/Tomcat 4.1.24 with j_security_check. I added a filter for j_security_check to do some pre-login checking. The web.xml is like the following:


<filter-name>loginFilter</filter-name>
<display-name>login filter</display-name>
<filter-class>my.package.LoginFilter</filter-class>

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>loginFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/j_security_check</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

The doFilter() method never gets called. Am i missing something? Is my JBOSS/Tomcat bundle a problem? I see other postings like this but no helpful replies. Please help. Thanks

[ereze]

Not sure if that is going to help you much but you could map your filter to take everything and see if the request string is /j_security_check and process it, otherwise just chain to the next filter.

To achieve this I simply use the securityfilter. Have a look at http://securityfilter.sourceforge.net

Regards,
Erez

[draftdog]

filters are active only after you have logged in succesfully