Tomcat & Apache webserver authentication

[bduitp]

Hi,

I connected Tomcat 5.5 and Apache Webserver together with mod_jk. My
servlet calls are correctly transferred to Tomcat by Apache and if i
address a servlet in a "secured" zone i'm prompted for a password
(Form authentication in a Jdbcrealm in Tomcat). So far, so good. But i
wonder if it is possible to configure Tomcat or Apache or both to
share there realm, so the Tomcat authentication covers both Tomcat and
Apache secured areas with 1 user/password database. Everything i found
on the web covers the one case where the secured area is completely in
a Tomcat webcontext.

Thanks in advance for any input!

Bart.