diff --git a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/classes/resin-acegisecurity.xml b/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/classes/resin-acegisecurity.xml
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--- a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/classes/resin-acegisecurity.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
-<!--
- * The Acegi Security System for Spring is published under the terms
- * of the Apache Software License.
- *
- * This springsecurity.xml file will only be used by Resin. Normally the
- * springsecurity.xml is container-wide, but in the case of Resin it is
- * web application specific.
- *
- * $Id$
--->
-
-<beans>
-
-	<!-- ================= CONTAINER ADAPTER CONFIGURATION ================ -->
-	
-	<!-- Data access object which stores authentication information -->
-	<bean id="inMemoryDaoImpl" class="net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.dao.memory.InMemoryDaoImpl">
-  		<property name="userMap">
-			<value>
-				marissa=koala,ROLE_TELLER,ROLE_SUPERVISOR
-				dianne=emu,ROLE_TELLER
-				scott=wombat,ROLE_TELLER
-				peter=opal,disabled,ROLE_TELLER
-			</value>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-	
-	<!-- Authentication provider that queries our data access object  -->
-	<bean id="daoAuthenticationProvider" class="net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider">
-     	<property name="authenticationDao"><ref bean="inMemoryDaoImpl"/></property>
- 		<property name="ignorePasswordCase"><value>false</value></property>
- 		<property name="ignoreUsernameCase"><value>true</value></property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<!-- The authentication manager that iterates through our only authentication provider -->
-	<bean id="authenticationManager" class="net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.ProviderManager">
-		<property name="providers">
-		  <list>
-		    <ref bean="daoAuthenticationProvider"/>
-		  </list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-</beans>
diff --git a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml b/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml
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index 43a7c44e2e..0000000000
--- a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml
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-<!--
-  - $Id$
-  -->
-<jboss-web>
-    <security-domain>java:/jaas/SpringPoweredRealm</security-domain>
-</jboss-web>
diff --git a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/resin-web.xml b/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/resin-web.xml
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--- a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/resin-web.xml
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-<!--
-  - $Id$
-  -->
-<web-app>
-      <authenticator>
-        <type>net.sf.acegisecurity.adapters.resin.ResinAcegiAuthenticator</type>
-        <init>
-          <app-context-location>resin-acegisecurity.xml</app-context-location>
-           <key>my_password</key>
-        </init>
-      </authenticator>
-</web-app>
diff --git a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/web.xml b/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/web.xml
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--- a/samples/contacts/war/WEB-INF/web.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN' 'http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd'>
-
-<!--
-  - Contacts web application
-  - $Id$
-  -->
-
-<web-app>
-
-    <display-name>Contacts Sample Application</display-name>
-    
-	<description>
-    	Example of an application secured using Acegi Security System for Spring.
-    </description>
-
-    <filter>
-        <filter-name>Acegi Security System for Spring</filter-name>
-        <filter-class>net.sf.acegisecurity.adapters.AutoIntegrationFilter</filter-class>
-    </filter>
-
-    <filter-mapping>
-      <filter-name>Acegi Security System for Spring</filter-name>
-      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-    </filter-mapping>
-
-  <!--
-    - Servlet that dispatches request to registered handlers (Controller implementations).
-    - Has its own application context, by default defined in "{servlet-name}-servlet.xml",
-    - i.e. "contacts-servlet.xml".
-    -
-    - A web app can contain any number of such servlets.
-    - Note that this web app does not have a shared root application context,
-    - therefore the DispatcherServlet contexts do not have a common parent.
-    -->
-	<servlet>
-		<servlet-name>contacts</servlet-name>
-		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
-		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
-	</servlet>
-
-  <!--
-    - Maps the contacts dispatcher to /*.
-    -
-   -->
-	<servlet-mapping>
-    	<servlet-name>contacts</servlet-name>
-    	<url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
- 	</servlet-mapping>
-  
- 	<welcome-file-list>
-		<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
-	</welcome-file-list>
-
-  	<taglib>
-      <taglib-uri>/spring</taglib-uri>
-      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/spring.tld</taglib-location>
-  	</taglib>
-
-    <security-constraint>
-      <display-name>Secured Area Security Constraint</display-name>
-      <web-resource-collection>
-         <web-resource-name>Secured Area</web-resource-name>
-	 	 <!-- Define the context-relative URL(s) to be protected -->
-         <url-pattern>/secure/*</url-pattern>
-      </web-resource-collection>
-      <auth-constraint>
-         <!-- Anyone with one of the listed roles may access this area -->
-         <role-name>ROLE_TELLER</role-name>
-	     <role-name>ROLE_SUPERVISOR</role-name>
-      </auth-constraint>
-    </security-constraint>
-
-    <!-- Default login configuration using BASIC authentication -->
-	<!--
-	<login-config>
-      <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
-      <realm-name>Spring Powered Realm</realm-name>
-	</login-config>
-    -->
-  
-    <!-- Default login configuration using form-based authentication -->
-    <login-config>
-      <auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
-      <realm-name>Spring Powered Realm</realm-name>
-      <form-login-config>
-        <form-login-page>/login.jsp</form-login-page>
-        <form-error-page>/login.jsp?login_error=1</form-error-page>
-      </form-login-config>
-    </login-config>
-
-    <!-- Security roles referenced by this web application -->
-    <security-role>
-      <role-name>ROLE_SUPERVISOR</role-name>
-    </security-role>
-    <security-role>
-      <role-name>ROLE_TELLER</role-name>
-    </security-role>    
-
-</web-app>
diff --git a/samples/contacts/war/login.jsp b/samples/contacts/war/login.jsp
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--- a/samples/contacts/war/login.jsp
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-<%@ taglib prefix='c' uri='http://java.sun.com/jstl/core' %>
-
-<html>
-  <head>
-    <title>Login</title>
-  </head>
-
-  <body>
-    <h1>Login</h1>
-
-	<P>If you've used the standard springsecurity.xml, try these users:
-	<P>
-	<P>username <b>marissa</b>, password <b>koala</b> (granted ROLE_SUPERVISOR)
-	<P>username <b>dianne</b>, password <b>emu</b> (not a supervisor)
-	<p>username <b>scott</b>, password <b>wombat</b> (not a supervisor)
-	<p>
-	
-    <%-- this form-login-page form is also used as the 
-         form-error-page to ask for a login again.
-         --%>
-    <c:if test="${not empty param.login_error}">
-      <font color="red">
-        Your login attempt was not successful, try again.
-      </font>
-    </c:if>
-
-    <form action="<c:url value='j_security_check'/>" method="POST">
-      <table>
-        <tr><td>User:</td><td><input type='text' name='j_username'></td></tr>
-        <tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type='password' name='j_password'></td></tr>
-
-        <tr><td colspan='2'><input name="submit" type="submit"></td></tr>
-        <tr><td colspan='2'><input name="reset" type="reset"></td></tr>
-      </table>
-
-      <!--
-        -  The j_uri is a Resin requirement (ignored by other containers)
-        -->
-      <input type='hidden' name='j_uri' value='/secure/index.htm'/>
-    </form>
-
-  </body>
-</html>