This is the same problem i had and the patched solved it( i did not had to add allowlinking to the server.xml file) I just tried the same scenario you had mentioned beneath. I made symbolic link to class ${TOMCAT_HOME}/home/sys/jsp/WEB-INF/classes/Test.class -> ~piavka/servlets/Test.class and it works. I works also then i copy the Test.class instead of linking(which obviously should)
Are you shure you aplied the patch properly? If you want i can send you my patched ${TOMCAT_HOME}/common/lib/naming-resources.jar > Even the patch doesn't fix my problem. I guess I have not explained my > problem clearly. To be clear, I do not have my context outside > ${TOMCAT_HOME}/webapps. But ${TOMCAT_HOME}/webapps/stuff/WEB-INF/classes > directory is a symbolic link. My problem is, the classes underneath this > symbolic link are not getting loaded. Tomcat simply spews out > ClassNotFoundException while trying to deploy my servlet context. So the > question is should I be updating server.xml(which I tried unsuccessfully) > or is there a way to use allowLinking="true" in web.xml? > > Thanks very much for the help, > Ganesh. > > > > > > "Alexander Piavka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 22-Oct-2002 09:05 > Please respond to "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: tomcat-user > > cc: > Subject: re: symbolic linking > > > Here is the patch i got from Torsten Fohrer > that solves the bug with symbolic linking in 4.1.12 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:16:14 +0200 > From: Torsten Fohrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Alexander Piavka' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: AW: tomcat 4.1 does not resolve links > > > Here is patch for FileDirContext.java > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Alexander Piavka [mailto:piavka@;cs.bgu.ac.il] > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2002 11:17 > > An: Tomcat Users List > > Betreff: Re: tomcat 4.1 does not resolve links > > > > > > > > Does anyone know then the 4.1.13 version will be released, > > or maybe this > > bug has been already solved and i can download the current > > cvs(or a patch)? > > Since i really need it urgently. > > I tried to make minor changes in the FileDirContext.java file, so that > > allowLinking is always enabled but it did now work. > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Remy Maucherat wrote: > > > > > Alexander Piavka wrote: > > > > The RELEASE-NOTES it is said that to enable symbloic > > linking i need to > > > > add the allowLinking option to FileDirContext. But i did > > not find anything > > > > about FileDirContext in the documentation. > > > > Does anyone know where sould the FileDirContext > > configuration be put > > > > and where is the documentation about it. > > > > > > It turns out there is a bug in the feature in 4.1.12. It > > will be fixed > > > in 4.1.13, and properly documented. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>