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Tomcat 4.0.2 -- RPM Version javax.servlet.ServletException: sun/tools/javac/Main JSP examples will not execute in the default installation. To "fix" the problem, you need to manually create a symbolic link between the JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar and the CATALINA_HOME/lib. In my case, I created the following: ln -s /usr/local/java/lib/tools.jar tools.jar in the /var/tomcat4/lib directory. After creating the symbolic link, you must stop and start the Tomcat service. Execute tomcat4 stop and then tomcat4 start from the command line. => Fixed in RPM 4.0.2 release 3 (my fault ;() will be release before end of day (CET) Tomcat 4.0.2 -- RPM Version su: warning: cannot change directory to /var/tomcat: No such file or directory This problem is caused by a bug in the Tomcat4 install RPM file. The RPM file creates a new user called tomcat4 but sets the working directory incorrectly. => Fixed in RPM 4.0.2 release 2 ;) --- Tomcat 4.0.2 -- RPM Version ConnectionException The java.net.ConnectionException error can be difficult to troubleshoot. After hours of troubleshooting, I carefully reviewed the catalina.out log file in $CATALINA_HOME/logs. As a result, I commented out the Tomact-Apache Service definition in server.xml. This definition is near the end of the file and begins with a <Service name=Tomcat-Apache> tag and ends with the </Service> tag. Do not comment out the final </Server> tag or the XML file cannot be read. Save the server.xml file. Run tomcat4 stop. Run tomcat4 start. => The webapp connector could be removed if you don't have an Apache with mod_webapp module to speak with. BTW, what's the problem with ConnectionException. For Apache or IIS or iPlanet users, you could use ajp13 : <!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8109 --> <Connector className="org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Connector" port="8109" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" acceptCount="10" debug="0"/> The default port for Ajp13 in RPM is 8109, to avoid conflict with a running Tomcat 3.2 or 3.3 which listen on 8009 Regards > >I agree. I posted the solution on my web site: >http://www.shannonbrown.net/resources/linux-resources.htm >in case other people need this resolution. > >I combed through the scripts but do not yet see where the problem occurs >with the CLASSPATH. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Shannon Brown Internet Technologies Architect Business Technologies Advisor www.shannonbrown.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717.665.5656 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| -----Original Message----- From: Jolet, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:05 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Still Need Help RE: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default i agree, that fixed it for me, too. However, this behavior is NOT what the documentation says to expect. I would consider this a bug, since it is not, in fact building my classpath to include $JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar as the docs say. -----Original Message----- From: Shannon Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 8:09 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Still Need Help RE: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default Importance: High Thanks to all. I would not say that this is the "right" solution, but it is a solution. Add a symbolic link in the /var/tomcat4/lib directory to the tools.jar file in the java directory. In my case, this was: ln -s /usr/local/java/lib/tools.jar tools.jar I stopped and restarted Tomcat. The problem does seem to be resolved. This is rather odd, however, and I am concerned about future upgrades. The classpath is obliterated (I edited my dtomcat4 script to display the environment variables). I do not, however, see where this occurs. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Shannon Brown Internet Technologies Architect Business Technologies Advisor www.shannonbrown.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717.665.5656 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| -----Original Message----- From: Jolet, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 8:49 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Still Need Help RE: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default okay, but according to the docs, the start script throws away your classpath and rebuilds it....where do I put the entry in that case? you mean i should copy the tools.jar to the tomcat/lib directory? would a symlink work? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:53 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Still Need Help RE: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default Trying adding tools.jar to your classpath or better still in the Tomcat/lib directory. Thanks. RS "Shannon Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/19/2002 07:09:21 AM Please respond to "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Still Need Help RE: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default I re-ran the application this morning and am getting the sun/tools/javac/Main error. (This was not appearing yesterday. I am using JDK 1.4.0 final and Tomcat 4.0.2 RPM version. Very odd. Servlets run fine. javax.servlet.ServletException: sun/tools/javac/Main at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:485) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase .java:475) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:2 46) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java: 1012) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107 ) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) root cause java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main at org.apache.jasper.compiler.SunJavaCompiler.compile(SunJavaCompiler.java:136) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:272) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.loadJSP(JspServlet.java:552) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.loadIfNecessary(JspSe rvlet.java:177) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.ja va:189) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:382) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:474) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase .java:475) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:2 46) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java: 1012) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107 ) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Shannon Brown Internet Technologies Architect Business Technologies Advisor www.shannonbrown.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717.665.5656 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| -----Original Message----- From: Jolet, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:58 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default i think i'm seeing this, too, although it ran out of the box....if you compile the java files under the work tree, do they run? they do for me, just won't autocompile...is the error telling you classnotfound exeption in sun/tools/javac/Main? -----Original Message----- From: Shannon Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 5:11 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Tomcat 4_0_2 JSP Does Not Work in Default Tomcat 4.0.2 Sun JDK 1.4.0 Final Apache 1.3 RedHat Linux 7.2 What I Did: I had a working installation of Tomcat 4.0.1 this morning. I downloaded and installed the new 4.0.2 RPMs. The RPMs would not run out-of-the-box. I had to comment out the Tomcat-Apache Section of server.xml to get the Tomcat Service to start. Tomcat is running (ps -A). I see the default index.html page for the examples section. I can run the servlet examples without any problems. However, when I try to run the JSP examples, I get an error message. Checking the logs, any JSP invocation is throwing a 500 error. Not sure why and really do not know where to begin since everything else (finally) seems to be running. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Shannon Brown Internet Technologies Architect Business Technologies Advisor www.shannonbrown.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717.665.5656 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>