Grab the latest Tomcat-5.0.18 and use the CATALINA_HOME/bin/service.bat. You might need to add JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar to the ImagePath in order to get JSP compiling, but otherwise it will work for you. Just type:
service install Jake Quoting Tobias Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > I'm having a tough time here trying to figure out why the Windows > Service for Tomcat wont start. This is what I have done: > > 1) I've downloaded Tomcat 5.0.16, and unzipped the files into a > directory, (E:\tomcat_test\). > > 2) I have also installed the service according to the link: > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/daemon/procrun.html#Installing%20the%2 > 0service > <http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/daemon/procrun.html#Installing%20the% > 20service> > I.e. with the following arguments > E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16>.\bin\tomcat //IS//Tomcat5 > --DisplayName "Tomcat 5.0.12" --Description "Tomcat 5.0.12 JDK 1.4 > http://jakarta.apache.org"; --ImagePath E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat > -5.0.16\bin\bootstrap.jar" --StartupClass > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap;main;start --ShutdownClass > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap;main;stop --Java > C:\j2sdk1.4.2\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll --StdOutputFile e:\log.txt > --StdErrorFile e:\err.txt --WorkingPath > e:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16\ > > 3) Launched Windows Services tool, and started it from there, but then > it seems to start and then it exists > > 4) As an alternative I started it from the command line by using the > command: > E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat -5.0.16>.\bin\tomcatw > //GT//Tomcat5 > Now this works, cause the process comes up and I am able to browse the > http://localhost:8080 <http://localhost:8080/> page with no trouble > > 5) And then I started it by using the command: > e:\temp>\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat -5.0.16\bin\tomcatw > //GT//Tomcat5 > Now this does NOT work > > I've been using both regmon and filemon to try and figure out what is > happening. > > And this is my conclusion without a solution :-( > > So when I am running it from the command line, from the working > directory it works fine. From the tools filemon and regmon I could see > important differences between when it worked and when it did NOT work. > The differences seems to be that the service is very dependent on the > actual working directory, cause when it did not work it failed to find > the entries below, whereas when it worked fine it used the proper path > to these, > > NOT WORKING > C:\Windows\system32\conf\catalina.properties > C:\Windows\system32\common\classes > C:\Windows\system32\common\endorsed > C:\Windows\system32\common\lib > > WORKING > E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16\catalina.properties > E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16\common\classes > E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16\common\endorsed > E:\tomcat_test\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16\common\lib > > Any ideas, what is going wrong here? > > Regards > Tobias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
