[jcifs] Re: NtlmHttpFilter: GUEST sometimes replaces username specified in web.xml due to session deserialization

[Peter McKenzie]

Peter McKenzie  writes:

> Workaround:
> 
> One workaround is to clear out the session information in the tomcat work
> directory called SESSIONS.ser (assuming you have no other use for it).
> Alternatively if the session information is older than your session timeout by
> the time the tomcat server is restarted there will be no problem. For example,
> in our case, waiting 30 minutes solved the problem too but did not make anyone
> happy.
> 

See the post below for the same issue and a nice workaround:
http://lists.samba.org/archive/jcifs/2005-March/004807.html

- Peter