Include directive problem

2002-10-15 Thread Luise Massimo
Hi all, i have a problem with Tomcat 4.1.12: I'm using a JSP page that it use an include directive (%@ include file=...%) to include another JSP page. The filename that i have specified is relative to the directory containing the first JSP page, but it is a symbolic link (i'm on a linux

Re: Include directive problem

2002-10-15 Thread Mark Olliver
I had the same problem referencing jar files, from what I can gather, (no doubt somebody will correct me if I'm wrong) symbolic links are a security risk. Mark On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 11:49, Luise Massimo wrote: Hi all, i have a problem with Tomcat 4.1.12: I'm using a JSP page that it use

Re: Include directive problem

2002-10-15 Thread Luise Massimo
why do you think symlinks are a security risk ? Mark Olliver wrote: I had the same problem referencing jar files, from what I can gather, (no doubt somebody will correct me if I'm wrong) symbolic links are a security risk. Mark On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 11:49, Luise Massimo wrote: Hi all, i

Re: Include directive problem

2002-10-15 Thread Mark Olliver
The following quote is taken from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/urlmapping.html 'There are frequently circumstances where it is necessary to allow web access to parts of the filesystem that are not strictly underneath the DocumentRoot. Apache offers several different ways to accomplish this. On