For the archives I just found that this exception occurs when you try shutting tomcat down too quickly before it has finished starting.
> > problems shutting down tomcat 4.0.3: java.net.ConnectException > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > * From: Neil Zanella > * Subject: problems shutting down tomcat 4.0.3: > java.net.ConnectException > * Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 15:35:36 -0700 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Hello, > >Sometimes, when I try to shut down tomcat I get the following errors, >other times I do not. I am on Red Hat 7.3 with sun jdk 1.4. These >errors show up roughly 50% of the time. > ># $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh >Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 >Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 >Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3/temp >Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0 ># $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh >Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 >Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 >Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3/temp >Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0 >Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused >java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:295) > at >java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:161) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:148) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:425) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:375) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:290) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:118) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stop(Catalina.java:831) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:683) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at >sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at >sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243) > >Other times shutting down works just fine: > ># $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh >Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 >Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 >Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3/temp >Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0 ># $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh >Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.3 > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>