How to process a form login using Spring Security / Spring MVC

Question

Simple question, I just need a pointer in the right direction:

I have a simple Spring MVC/Spring Security webapp. Initially I set up Spring Security so that the defa

Answer 1

If you're using a JDBC accessible database, then you could use the following authentication-provider and avoid creating a custom one. It cuts down the code required to 9 lines of XML:

You can then setup your dataSource as follows

Have a look at this post: http://codehustler.org/blog/spring-security-tutorial-form-login/ It covers everything you need to know about customising Spring Security form-login.