On Monday 11 June 2007 17:29:57 Benjamin Shine wrote:
> We investigated the bug but determined it was a tomcat issue, not a
> laszlo issue. We're not tomcat experts here -- just enough to get by.
> I'm not sure why it works for lzx files, but as for the fact that it
> doesn't work for non-lzx files, I suggest consulting a tomcat
> knowledgebase/book/community. Do let us know if you figure it out.
Finally found it, in a year-old posting to the tomcat-user mailing list.
All the docs / blog posts tell you to put :
<context>
...
<Resources className="org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext"
allowLinking="true"/>
</context>
in your context definition, but that does nothing (maybe it did in old tomcat
versions). What worked for me is :
<context allowLinking="true">
...
</context>
I've put that in my global file (/etc/tomcat-6/context.xml), but I guess you
could make it context-specific.
BTW, another posting on that list complained that the manager would
recursively delete what is behind the symlink when un-deploying an app (unix
apps generally dont behave that way, deleting just the symlink itself). I
dont know if this is still an issue, but beware.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
--
Vincent de Phily
