Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread Martijn Dashorst
You might want to skip the packaged version (IMO linux packagers don't get the Java packaging), and just unzip a tarball in /opt/tomcat/tomcat-5.5.20 Then you are in complete control over how the server runs. Martijn On 1/21/08, Daniel Walmsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I blogged this, and

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread Johan Compagner
Take then the latest 6 5 is getting pretty old On 1/21/08, Martijn Dashorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to skip the packaged version (IMO linux packagers don't get the Java packaging), and just unzip a tarball in /opt/tomcat/tomcat-5.5.20 Then you are in complete control over how

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread C.
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:31 +0100, Martijn Dashorst wrote: You might want to skip the packaged version (IMO linux packagers don't get the Java packaging), and just unzip a tarball in /opt/tomcat/tomcat-5.5.20 Then you are in complete control over how the server runs. -1 Some distro

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread C.
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:52 +0100, Johan Compagner wrote: Take then the latest 6 5 is getting pretty old I know from first hand experience with a couple Linux distros are still on 5 as it's 'stable'. More to the point is that they probably can't support slotted upgrades where half of the

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread Martijn Dashorst
So your advise is to run a *very* outdated version because the packagers haven't updated their software? Sounds like a great way to open up your system to hackers. Martijn On 1/21/08, C. Bergström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:31 +0100, Martijn Dashorst wrote: You might

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread C.
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 12:13 +0100, Martijn Dashorst wrote: So your advise is to run a *very* outdated version because the packagers haven't updated their software? Sounds like a great way to open up your system to hackers. That's a very broad and sweeping statement. 1) I'm sure if

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread Johan Compagner
Completely not working is a great security fix yes... If that distro is still in 5.5 mode then i question there updates On 1/21/08, C. Bergström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:31 +0100, Martijn Dashorst wrote: You might want to skip the packaged version (IMO linux packagers

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread Martijn Dashorst
I think that most linux packagers don't work with Java projects and do whatever they like. What Daniel is experiencing is an overzealous packager that shuts down the most basic service tomcat needs to provide: run a web application that does more than serve static pages. Packagers often make any

Re: Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-21 Thread C.
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 12:28 +0100, Johan Compagner wrote: Completely not working is a great security fix yes... If that distro is still in 5.5 mode then i question there updates Here's the wishlist item for why there isn't currently 6.x in deb etch

Security violations and ERROR: filterStart with Tomcat deployment on Debian Etch

2008-01-20 Thread Daniel Walmsley
I blogged this, and Eelco wisely suggested I post it here. This is both a warning and plea for help - what's the best way to configure Tomcat on Debian for Wicket?Was up until 3am last night banging my head against another frustrating go-nowhere issue deploying Wicket on Debian Etch’s default