OK, so how would I make this test web application the root application. How is the root web application determined when there are several web applications that use the .xml configuration method?
I have removed path="" from the test.xml but the result is the same, blank page. Am I supposed to call the root application ROOT? Thanks for your time :) Allistair. > -----Original Message----- > From: Remy Maucherat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 November 2004 12:32 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Tomcat 5.5.4 / Context not responding - Test > example webapp > > > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:10:09 -0000, Allistair Crossley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To demonstrate this problem, I have reduced it to a small web app. > > > > 1. Install 5.5.4 and delete tomcat/webapps/ROOT > > 2. Create file test.xml and save it to > tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost with the content > > > > <Context path="" docBase="/test"></Context> > > > > 3. Create folder tomcat/webapps/test > > 4. Create in that folder (3) file called test.jsp with content > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > > <html> > > <head> > > <title>Hello 5.5.4</title> > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=iso-8859-1"> > > </head> > > > > <body> > > <%= "Hello 5.5.4" %> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > 5. Start tomcat > > 6. Request http://yourserver:8080/test/test.jsp > > You mean http://yourserver:8080/test.jsp, I suppose. > > > You should get a blank page. Not good! > > ... but expected. > "path" is no longer an allowed attribute of Context when using a > context file (in server.xml, it is of course still allowed). > > -- > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Rémy Maucherat > Developer & Consultant > JBoss Group (Europe) SàRL > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> ------------------------------------------------------- QAS Ltd. Developers of QuickAddress Software <a href="http://www.qas.com">www.qas.com</a> Registered in England: No 2582055 Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 ------------------------------------------------------- </FONT> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]