> Hi,
>   I don't know if it was just a typo in your post, but "AutoDeploy"
> should be "|autoDeploy".
> 
>     -- Edgar Alves

Thanks for the quick answer and sharp eye - but it WAS a typo, sorry!  In the
server.xml file, it is listed as autoDeploy="true".  It is the basic server.xml
file, not really altered by me, and almost exactly matches the server.xml file
on the other machine, the one that works.

Thanks,
Paul

> |
> Paul Warner wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have read the documentation and searched the archives, and 
> whatever I have
> >found, I have tried, but still my .war files will not unpack 
> and auto deploy.  I
> >have been running a tomcat server for several months in 
> which the .war files
> >unpacked and auto-deployed perfectly.  But with this new 
> installation, the
> >"Redhat" way, with files all over the place, I have not been 
> able to make it
> >work.
> >
> >I am using Tomcat 5.0.28 via an rpm on Redhat EL 3.  I am 
> accessing the tomcat
> >server via apache and the jk2 connector.  I have the 
> server.xml file configured
> >with:
> >
> ><Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webApps" 
> >  unpackWARs=true AutoDeploy="true"
> >  xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
> >
> >My application has its context.xml file in the META-INF 
> directory correctly
> >pointing to the appname, /copse.  I have an xml file in
> >/etc/tomcat5/Catalina/localhost/copse.xml which has in it:
> >
> ><Context docBase="${catalina.home}/build/copse.war"
> >    privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false"
> >antiJARLocking="false"></Context>
> >
> >The /webapps directory and its contents are owned by tomcat, 
> the tomcat process
> >owner.  root has CATALINA_HOME in its environment, set to 
> "/usr/share/tomcat5".
> >I have a link in /usr/share/tomcat5 to 
> /var/lib/tomcat5/build, which contains
> >the copse.war file.  tomcat has read and write privs for 
> this build/ directory
> >and all its files.
> >
> >The differences between my working installation and the 
> 'broken' one seem to be:
> >1. root owned the instance of tomcat in the working version, 
> tomcat owns the
> >instance of tomcat in the broken one
> >2. file permissions were not all tomcat rw in the broken 
> one, but this I have
> >fixed now - as far as I know all relevant files are owned by tomcat
> >3. CATALINA_HOME wasn't set properly for root at first in 
> the 'broken' install -
> >but this also has been fixed (I believe).  It points to the 
> directory that holds
> >all the softlinks to the other directories, such as conf, 
> webapps, build, and so
> >on.
> >
> >I have resorted to unpacking the war file myself, and the 
> application works.
> >But unpacking by hand is cumbersome and time-consuming.  
> Does anyone have the (I
> >presume simple) key to unlock this problem?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Paul
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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