Global filters in conf/web.xml

[arunvijay]

I am landing into problems trying to add the acegi security filters in the conf/web.xml file.
Basically I want global filters and not filter specifications in web.xml file of every war application.

I added the <filter> and <filter-mapping> at the start of conf/web.xml file, and when the server starts up it just hangs and it doesn't even show any logs/errors. Basically the server doesn't come up at all.

I have all the required jars in server/lib and common/lib.

Any inputs would be of great help.

Regards
Arun

[Ben Alex]

Does the Contacts Sample work in your container? What container are you using? What is conf/web.xml (I presume just the standard Servlet Spec web.xml)? Please post your web.xml to the forum, and I can take a look for you.