Creating Form Based Authentication

Hi,
When i am creating Form Based Authentication then i am giving in the action field of the login and the scheme as "webgate.dll" but when i am using it then i am getting 403 error for any user.
Can anybody help me

There is a metalink note on how to configure form based auth. Pretty straightforward.
COREid 7.0.4: SettingUp Authentication Scheme in a NutShell
     Doc ID:      Note:401944.1

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    /** Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code> methods.
    * @param request servlet request
    * @param response servlet response
    protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
    /*con=null;
    ps=null;
    rs=null;
    s=null;
    */response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
    PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
    username=request.getParameter("username");
    password=request.getParameter("password");
    if(username==""||password=="")
    //RequestDispatcher de=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_error.jsp");
    //de.forward(request,response);
    //showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details!</font></b>",request,response);
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Please fill in the required blanks.</font></b>",request,response);
    else
    try
    Context ctx=new InitialContext();
    userValidationRemote userRemote=(userValidationRemote)ctx.lookup("Entities.userValidationRemote");
    checkUser= userRemote.checkUser();
    //checkUser= userRemote.checkUser();
    //return;
    //checkUser(UserTable user);
    catch(Exception e)
    out.println("Error:"+e);
    //userValidation.checkUser(UserTable user);
    if(checkUser==true)
    RequestDispatcher d=request.getRequestDispatcher("blah.jsp");
    d.forward(request,response);
    else if(checkUser==false)
    // RequestDispatcher d=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_error.jsp");
    //d.forward(request,response);
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details!</font></b>",request,response);
    //call bean(stateless or stateful)which access method on entity that validates.
    // checkUser(request,response);
    /* TODO output your page here
    out.println("<html>");
    out.println("<head>");
    out.println("<title>Servlet userCheck</title>");
    out.println("</head>");
    out.println("<body>");
    out.println("<h1>Servlet userCheck at " + request.getContextPath () + "</h1>");
    out.println("</body>");
    out.println("</html>");
    //out.close();
    /* public synchronized void checkUser(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws ServletException,IOException
    if(username==""&&password=="")
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Please fill in the required blanks.</font></b>",request,response);
    else
    try
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select username,password from user_table where username=?and password=?");
    ps.setString(1,username);
    ps.setString(2,password);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    user=rs.getString(1);
    pass=rs.getString(2);
    //check user type,wether super admin,user or the other subadmins or a regular user.
    checkType(request,response);
    else
    //redirect to admin error page,then close the connection.
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    con.close();
    catch(Exception e)
    private synchronized void checkType(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws ServletException,IOException
    try
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select user_type,user_id,access_level from user_table where username=? and password=?");
    ps.setString(1,user);
    ps.setString(2,pass);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    user_type=rs.getString(1);
    user_id=""+rs.getInt(2);
    access_level=rs.getString(3);
    if(user_type.equals("super")&&(access_level.equals("all")))
    //create admin user session,add to the username and the user_id.
    //redirect to super admin page,with access rights to create
    //health admin,insurance admin and HMO admin.
    //pretty cool stuff!
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("user",user);
    session.setAttribute("user_id",user_id);
    RequestDispatcher dispatcher=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_user_page.jsp");
    dispatcher.forward(request,response);
    //session.setAttribute(user_id);
    //remember to create a hidden field if you need to pass this information
    //to another page and retrieve the super admin id to track his activities.
    else if(user_type.equals("health administrator")&&(access_level.equals("Health")))
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("user",user);
    session.setAttribute("user_id",user_id);
    RequestDispatcher des=request.getRequestDispatcher("health_admin_user_page.jsp");
    des.forward(request,response);
    //check for other user types,health admin,hmo admin and insurance admin.
    else if(user_type.equals("hmo administrator")&&(access_level.equals("HMO")))
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("user",user);
    session.setAttribute("user_id",user_id);
    RequestDispatcher d=request.getRequestDispatcher("hmo_admin_user_page.jsp");
    d.forward(request,response);
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    else if(user_type.equals("insurance administrator")&&(access_level.equals("insurance")))
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("user",user);
    session.setAttribute("user_id",user_id);
    RequestDispatcher de=request.getRequestDispatcher("insurance_admin_user_page.jsp");
    de.forward(request,response);
    else if(user_type.equals("user")&&(access_level.equals("health")))
    try
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:http://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select staff_id from user_table where username=?and password=?");
    ps.setString(1,username);
    ps.setString(2,password);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    String staff_id=""+rs.getInt(1);
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from health_staff_table where staff_id=?");
    ps.setString(1,staff_id);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    //retrieve the values from health staff and store them in variables.
    //store important variables in user sessions e.g.staff_id,username,place of work for display in the web page.
    //redirect to required page.
    String first_name=rs.getString("first_name");
    String last_name=rs.getString("last_name");
    String work_place=rs.getString("place_of_work");
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("first_name",first_name);
    session.setAttribute("last_name",last_name);
    session.setAttribute("work_place",work_place);
    session.setAttribute("staff_id",staff_id);
    //redirect to user page.
    else
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    else
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    catch(Exception e)
    //catch exception and redirect to page.
    else if(user_type.equals("user")&&(access_level.equals("HMO")))
    try
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:http://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select staff_id from user_table where username=?and password=?");
    ps.setString(1,username);
    ps.setString(2,password);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    String staff_id=""+rs.getInt(1);
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from hmo_staff_table where staff_id=?");
    ps.setString(1,staff_id);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    //retrieve the values from HMO staff and store them in variables.
    //store important variables in user sessions e.g.staff_id,username,place of work for display in the web page.
    //redirect to required page.
    String first_name=rs.getString("first_name");
    String last_name=rs.getString("last_name");
    String work_place=rs.getString("place_of_work");
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("first_name",first_name);
    session.setAttribute("last_name",last_name);
    session.setAttribute("work_place",work_place);
    session.setAttribute("staff_id",staff_id);
    else
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    else
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    catch(Exception e)
    //catch exception and redirect to page.
    else if(user_type.equals("user")&&(access_level.equals("insurance")))
    try
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:http://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select staff_id from user_table where username=?and password=?");
    ps.setString(1,username);
    ps.setString(2,password);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    String staff_id=""+rs.getInt(1);
    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Health_Management_System","root","");
    ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from insurance_staff_table where staff_id=?");
    ps.setString(1,staff_id);
    rs=ps.executeQuery();
    if(rs.next())
    //retrieve the values from insurance staff and store them in variables.
    //store important variables in user sessions e.g.staff_id,username,place of work for display in the web page.
    //redirect to required page.
    String first_name=rs.getString("first_name");
    String last_name=rs.getString("last_name");
    String work_place=rs.getString("place_of_work");
    HttpSession session=request.getSession(true);
    session.setAttribute("first_name",first_name);
    session.setAttribute("last_name",last_name);
    session.setAttribute("work_place",work_place);
    session.setAttribute("staff_id",staff_id);
    else
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    else
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    catch(Exception e)
    //catch exception and redirect to page.
    else
    //invalid login details.After all else fails.
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details.</font></b>",request,response);
    catch(Exception e)
    private void showError(String errorMsg,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws ServletException,IOException
    request.setAttribute("error_msg",errorMsg);
    RequestDispatcher dispatcher=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_error.jsp");
    dispatcher.forward(request,response);
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code.">
    /** Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method.
    * @param request servlet request
    * @param response servlet response
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
    processRequest(request, response);
    /** Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method.
    * @param request servlet request
    * @param response servlet response
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
    processRequest(request, response);
    /** Returns a short description of the servlet.
    public String getServletInfo() {
    return "Short description";
    // </editor-fold>
    view
    <%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=utf-8" language="java" import="java.sql.*" errorPage="" %>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>Login</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    <!--
    .style3 {     color: #000000;
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
         font-size: 12px;
    .style1 {color: #0000FF}
    .style4 {
         color: #0000FF;
         font-size: 12px;
    .style5 {
         font-size: 12px
    .style6 {
         color: #FF0000;
         font-size: 12px;
    .style7 {
         font-size: 36px
    .style8 {color: #000000}
    -->
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <table width="564" border="0" align="center">
    <tr>
    <td width="558" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="style1"><div align="center">
    <p> </p>
    <h1 class="style7">Welcome to HealthPort</h1>
    <p>HealthPort Login</p>
    <p><span class="style8">Today's date is:<%= new java.util.Date() %></span></p>
    <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="userCheck">
    <p align="right" class="style3">Username
    <label></label>
    <input type="text" name="username" id="username" />
    </p>
    <p align="right" class="style3">Password
    <input type="password" name="password" id="password" />
    </p>
    <p align="right" class="style3">
    <span class="style6">
    <label></label>
    <label></label>
    </span>
    <span class="style5">
    <label></label>
    </span>
    <label>
    <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Login" />
    </label>
    </p>
    <div align="right">
    </div></form>
    <div align="right"><div align="left"><p align="right"> </p>
    </div></div></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="style1"> </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </body>
    </html>
    so,that's about it.I'd appreciate it.I know this is a lot.I'm grateful
    Ayo.

    Hi.Im still having issues trying to perform form based authenticatin with entities.I tried this method but im getting errors on the marked lines.
    controller servlet
    * userCheck.java
    * Created on 15 March 2008, 22:41
    package servlets;
    import Entities.UserTable;
    import Entities.userValidationBean;
    import javax.annotation.*;
    import Entities.userValidationRemote;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.net.*;
    import java.sql.*;
    import javax.servlet.*;
    import javax.servlet.http.*;
    import javax.ejb.*;
    import javax.naming.*;
    import javax.persistence.*;
    * @author Ayo
    * @version
    public class userCheck extends HttpServlet {
    //@EJB userValidationRemote userRemote;
    boolean checkUser;
    String username,password;
    /** Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code> methods.
    * @param request servlet request
    * @param response servlet response
    protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
    /*con=null;
    ps=null;
    rs=null;
    s=null;
    */response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
    PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
    username=request.getParameter("username");
    password=request.getParameter("password");
    if(username==""||password=="")
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Please fill in the required blanks.</font></b>",request,response);
    else
    try
    Context ctx=new InitialContext();
    userValidationRemote userRemote=(userValidationRemote)ctx.lookup("Entities.userValidationRemote");
    (error on this line-saying ')' expected and no matter if i add ) there is still erro)userRemote.authenticate(String p_user,String p_password);
    catch(Exception e)
    out.println("Error:"+e);
    if(checkUser==true)
    RequestDispatcher d=request.getRequestDispatcher("blah.jsp");
    d.forward(request,response);
    else if(checkUser==false)
    showError("<b><font color=\"red\">Invalid Login details!</font></b>",request,response);
    private void showError(String errorMsg,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws ServletException,IOException
    request.setAttribute("error_msg",errorMsg);
    RequestDispatcher dispatcher=request.getRequestDispatcher("admin_error.jsp");
    dispatcher.forward(request,response);
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code.">
    /** Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method.
    * @param request servlet request
    * @param response servlet response
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
    processRequest(request, response);
    /** Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method.
    * @param request servlet request
    * @param response servlet response
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
    processRequest(request, response);
    /** Returns a short description of the servlet.
    public String getServletInfo() {
    return "Short description";
    // </editor-fold>
    view
    <%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=utf-8" language="java" import="java.sql.*" errorPage="" %>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>Login</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    <!--
    .style3 {     color: #000000;
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
         font-size: 12px;
    .style1 {color: #0000FF}
    .style4 {
         color: #0000FF;
         font-size: 12px;
    .style5 {
         font-size: 12px
    .style6 {
         color: #FF0000;
         font-size: 12px;
    .style7 {
         font-size: 36px
    .style8 {color: #000000}
    -->
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <table width="564" border="0" align="center">
    <tr>
    <td width="558" bgcolor="#9DACBF" class="style1"><div align="center">
    <p> </p>
    <h1 class="style7">Welcome to HealthPort</h1>
    <p>HealthPort Login</p>
    <p><span class="style8">Today's date is:<%= new java.util.Date() %></span></p>
    <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="userCheck">
    <p align="right" class="style3">Username
    <label></label>
    <input type="text" name="username" id="username" />
    </p>
    <p align="right" class="style3">Password
    <input type="password" name="password" id="password" />
    </p>
    <p align="right" class="style3">
    <span class="style6">
    <label></label>
    <label></label>
    </span>
    <span class="style5">
    <label></label>
    </span>
    <label>
    <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Login" />
    </label>
    </p>
    <div align="right">
    </div></form>
    <div align="right"><div align="left"><p align="right"> </p>
    </div></div></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="style1"> </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </body>
    </html>
    SLSB (implements userValidationRemote)
    * userValidationBean.java
    * Created on 26 March 2008, 18:25
    * To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
    * and open the template in the editor.
    package Entities;
    import javax.ejb.Stateless;
    import javax.ejb.Remote;
    import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
    import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
    import javax.persistence.Query;
    import Entities.UserTable;
    import javax.annotation.*;
    //import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
    * @author Ayo
    @Stateless(mappedName="ejb/facade/userValidationBean")
    @Remote(userValidationRemote.class)
    (error on this line saying can't find class TransactionManagement)@TransactionManagement(value=TransactionManagementType.CONTAINER)
    public class userValidationBean implements Entities.userValidationRemote {
    @PersistenceContext(unitName="HealthInsuranceApp-ejbPU") private EntityManager manager;
    /** Creates a new instance of userValidationBean */
    public userValidationBean() {
    //"SELECT u.username,u.password FROM UserTable u WHERE u.username =?1 and u.password=?2"
    public boolean authenticate(String p_user,String p_password)
    UserTable m_user=manager.find(UserTable.class,p_user);
    if(m_user!=null)
    return m_user.getPassword().equals(p_password);
    return false;
    Entity
    * UserTable.java
    * Created on 29 March 2008, 13:24
    * To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
    * and open the template in the editor.
    package Entities;
    import java.io.Serializable;
    import javax.persistence.Column;
    import javax.persistence.Entity;
    import javax.persistence.Id;
    import javax.persistence.Table;
    * Entity class UserTable
    * @author Ayo
    @Entity(name="qs_UserPwd")
    @Table(name = "user_table")
    public class UserTable implements Serializable {
    @Id
    @Column(name = "user_id", nullable = false)
    private Integer userId;
    @Column(name = "username")
    private String username;
    @Column(name = "password")
    private String password;
    @Column(name = "user_type")
    private String userType;
    @Column(name = "access_level")
    private String accessLevel;
    @Column(name = "staff_id")
    private Integer staffId;
    @Column(name = "staff_type", nullable = false)
    private String staffType;
    @Column(name = "time_created")
    private String timeCreated;
    @Column(name = "time_modified")
    private String timeModified;
    @Column(name = "time_logged_in")
    private String timeLoggedIn;
    @Column(name = "time_logged_out")
    private String timeLoggedOut;
    @Column(name = "created_by")
    private String createdBy;
    /** Creates a new instance of UserTable */
    public UserTable() {
    * Creates a new instance of UserTable with the specified values.
    * @param userId the userId of the UserTable
    public UserTable(Integer userId) {
    this.userId = userId;
    * Creates a new instance of UserTable with the specified values.
    * @param userId the userId of the UserTable
    * @param staffType the staffType of the UserTable
    public UserTable(Integer userId, String staffType) {
    this.userId = userId;
    this.staffType = staffType;
    public UserTable(String p_user,String p_password)
    setUsername(p_user);
    setPassword(p_password);
    * Gets the userId of this UserTable.
    * @return the userId
    public Integer getUserId() {
    return this.userId;
    * Sets the userId of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param userId the new userId
    public void setUserId(Integer userId) {
    this.userId = userId;
    * Gets the username of this UserTable.
    * @return the username
    public String getUsername() {
    return this.username;
    * Sets the username of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param username the new username
    public void setUsername(String p_user) {
    p_user = username;
    * Gets the password of this UserTable.
    * @return the password
    public String getPassword() {
    return this.password;
    * Sets the password of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param password the new password
    public void setPassword(String p_password) {
    p_password=password;
    * Gets the userType of this UserTable.
    * @return the userType
    public String getUserType() {
    return this.userType;
    * Sets the userType of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param userType the new userType
    public void setUserType(String userType) {
    this.userType = userType;
    * Gets the accessLevel of this UserTable.
    * @return the accessLevel
    public String getAccessLevel() {
    return this.accessLevel;
    * Sets the accessLevel of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param accessLevel the new accessLevel
    public void setAccessLevel(String accessLevel) {
    this.accessLevel = accessLevel;
    * Gets the staffId of this UserTable.
    * @return the staffId
    public Integer getStaffId() {
    return this.staffId;
    * Sets the staffId of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param staffId the new staffId
    public void setStaffId(Integer staffId) {
    this.staffId = staffId;
    * Gets the staffType of this UserTable.
    * @return the staffType
    public String getStaffType() {
    return this.staffType;
    * Sets the staffType of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param staffType the new staffType
    public void setStaffType(String staffType) {
    this.staffType = staffType;
    * Gets the timeCreated of this UserTable.
    * @return the timeCreated
    public String getTimeCreated() {
    return this.timeCreated;
    * Sets the timeCreated of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param timeCreated the new timeCreated
    public void setTimeCreated(String timeCreated) {
    this.timeCreated = timeCreated;
    * Gets the timeModified of this UserTable.
    * @return the timeModified
    public String getTimeModified() {
    return this.timeModified;
    * Sets the timeModified of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param timeModified the new timeModified
    public void setTimeModified(String timeModified) {
    this.timeModified = timeModified;
    * Gets the timeLoggedIn of this UserTable.
    * @return the timeLoggedIn
    public String getTimeLoggedIn() {
    return this.timeLoggedIn;
    * Sets the timeLoggedIn of this UserTable to the specified value.
    * @param timeLoggedIn the new timeLoggedIn
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