I can login using the Getting Started java console example, but I'm not having luck with Tomcat. I created a servlet, but when login is called it keeps getting stuck on RemoteException, but ex.getMessage is always null, so it doesn't tell me what the problem is. I searched google and the message board for days, but I'm completely stuck. Any ideas? Anyone experience this before? Many thanks. ~Samantha

Background:
-- sforce API 4, XP Pro, Tomcat 5.0.18, Axis 1.1, Eclipse 3.0/MyEclipse, jdk 4.0.2.05
-- tried connecting to both: http(s)://www.salesforce.com/services/Soap/c/4.0/
-- Axis libraries were copied to Tomcat's /common/lib
-- tested both http://localhost:8080 & https://localhost:8443 (keytool generated cert was installed). Keep getting the same results. This is not the Handshake problem.

Code segment:

try{
loginResult = binding.login(userName,password);
}
catch(LoginFault ex){
out.println("

Login error: " + ex.getMessage() + "

");
return false;
}

///---PROGRAM DOESN'T GET PAST RemoteException.
///---ex.getMessage() IS ALWAYS NULL

catch(RemoteException ex){
out.println("

Login Remote Host error: " + ex.getMessage() + "

");
return false;
}
////---can't get this far
try{
binding = (SoapBindingStub)
new SforceServiceLocator().getSoap(new URL(loginResult.getServerUrl()));
}
catch(MalformedURLException ex){
out.println("An error: " + ex.getMessage());
return false;
}
catch(ServiceException jre){
out.println("An error: "+ jre.getMessage());
return false;

}