> 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 > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]