Hi! RFC 2616 ""Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1"" is a place to search.
<cite> 10.5.4 503 Service Unavailable The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay MAY be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, the client SHOULD handle the response as it would for a 500 response. </cite> As far as I know Tomcat sets this error if your servlet failed to sturtup (e.g. exception thrown in init()). So try look at your logs. Anton. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:59 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Getting a HTTP 503 Error > > > Anyone ever got a 503 error from TomCat 4? > > What does it mean? > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
