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I have an Apache server setup that is passing requests over to a JBoss server to serve Java content. I've been able to get this working without a problem. However, it appears that the authentication from Apache is not being sent.

When I go to a given URL, Apache challenges me for the username/password, but when the request gets over to JBoss and I try to getRemoteUser(), I get nothing. I'm pretty new to configuring any type of server (I'm a developer setting up a test environment), so any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Several possible solutions; if you're using mod_proxy_ajp or mod_jk for the connector then make sure that this is set in your server.xml connector:

tomcatAuthentication="false"

That will most likely fix the problem. If not, it's a bit more difficult depending on which module you're using for the AJP13 connection; we'll need to know which one before helping further.

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I'm using mod_proxy_ajp. Where would I find the server.xml file that I need? By the way, I'm using JBoss 5.1 and Apache 2.2 if that helps. – Jared Dec 15 '10 at 15:15
it's in the conf/ subdirectory of your Tomcat engine inside the JBoss tree. This is a core piece of this framework, I recommend you brush up on how to run JBoss/Tomcat because you're going to need it to get your warballs working right (usually). – troyengel Dec 17 '10 at 0:14
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