Tomcat Admin login issue

[Mike Jenkins]

For my Tomcat 4.1.27 Java container (on Windows server) I have to use the startup.bat and shutdown.bat to start and stop the Web Server.

I tried using the http://myserver:8080/admin/login.jsp with the correct username and password that I got from conf/tomcat-users.xml.

It gives me back a reply:
Access to requested resource has been denied

The form looks like this:

<form method="Post" action='<% response.encodeURL("j_security_check") %>' name = "loginForm">
....
</form>

I tried to find j_security_check and there doesnt seem to be any reference to it anywhere in the Tomat folder. Please advise how I can correct this issue so I can use the Tomcat Admin GUI.
[ July 16, 2007: Message edited by: Mike Jenkins ]

[Jesper de Jong]

"j_security_check" is a special value that Tomcat (and any other servlet container) recognises. Why are you putting this in a "response.encodeURL(...)" call? Just try it without that:

<form method="post" action="j_security_check" name="loginForm">