PWM Redirects to /public/ ends in HTTP 404

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Visit login page of PWM and click cancel button, PWM redirects to /public/ 
and results in a 404 error.
2. Same thing when clicking on Cancel button for forgot password page

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

What version of PWM are you using?
1.7.1

What ldap directory and version are you using?
OpenLDAP

Please paste any error log messages below:

Not Found

The requested URL /public/ was not found on this server.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mghong...@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2015 at 7:35

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I have the same problem. I also see it after the user sets up secret questions 
for the first time. After inputting the answers for the first time and saving 
the person is Redirected to /public with a 404 error. The changes are 
successful. If they log in and setup questions again the redirect works, but it 
is a /private address. My server is also Windows, hope that helps find the 
problem. 

Original comment by craigsou...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2015 at 3:16

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Exact same issue here. It's driving me nuts. It's the only thing stopping us 
from going live.

Original comment by Bevan.Go...@gmail.com on 15 Jun 2015 at 11:51

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I ended up "fixing" this by redirecting the /public folder to /private. To do 
this, you need to download and copy the relevant files from here: 
http://www.tuckey.org/urlrewrite/#download

Once that is installed, add the following lines into urlrewrite.xml:

    <rule>
        <note>
            Forward requests from /public to /private
        </note>
        <from>^/public/$</from>
        <to type="redirect">%{context-path}/private</to>
    </rule>

Hope this helps you out!

Original comment by Bevan.Go...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2015 at 11:16

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Thanks Bevan! I was having this same problem and you saved me. It's not a 
direct fix, but it's a handy work-around!

Original comment by catsandd...@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2015 at 4:40