That's great thanks. I knew it wasn't the server.jar that was causing the problem as I'd already moved any conflicting copies, but I didn't think to remove the j2ee.jar from my ext dir. That''s fixed it.
Thanks to all for your help Caroline 12/21/01 5:33:22 PM, "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Caroline Clewlow wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:51:54 -0000 >> From: Caroline Clewlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: HTTP error 503. >> >> Thanks. I have tried removing the install and done everything again to no avail. >> I'll check the documentation again tho to ensure I have covered everything. >> > >One very common cause of problems is having a copy of servlet.jar or >j2ee.jar in your Java system extensions directory >($JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext). This will cause all sorts of problems. > >> Apologies for the pleading but having posted a request twice previously with no >reponse I was beginning to get deperate. >> I shall endeavour not to use the mailing list inappropriately again. >> > >The problem with messages that give only the HTTP status code is that >there are literally thousands of *possible* causes, and nobody can tell >from just what you've presented. In order to get a useful response, it >would be helpful if you would post the stack trace that was included in >the response, and/or the relevant portions of the log files (in the >$CATALINA_HOME/logs directory) -- these exception messages will describe >what is really happening, and so indicate what needs to be fixed. > >> Caroline >> > >Craig > > >-- >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
