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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-user&m=103357558331698&w=2 John > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Lombard (VSP) [mailto:nick.lombard@;vcontractor.co.za] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:13 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Tomcat 4.1.x not allowing symlinks for static content. > > > Typical me having problems that no one else has experienced > ever. I hope > someone still sees this post maybe I should post it on the > developer list ? > > Thank you for all who read this post. > > It is still in an open state and I still haven't found any > solution to the > problem. > > Nick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Lombard (VSP) > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 2:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tomcat 4.1.x not allowing symlinks for static content. > > > Good day. > > We are experiencing problems with symlinks in an application (context) > directory in that tomcat refuses to follow the link and > returns that the > resource cannot be found. > > We are running Tomcat 4.1.12, JDK 1.4.1.01 on Linux. > > The Release notes states the following. > > --------------------------- > Symlinking static resources: > --------------------------- > > Unix symlinks will not work when used in a web application to > link resources > located outside the web application root directory. > > This behavior is optional, and the "allowLinking" flag may be used to > disable > the check. > > > What we are doing is placing a symlink for common resources > accross our > applications in each webapp. This contains stylesheets, > images etc. These > sources are served as if they belong to the application ie. > through the > symbolic link. > > We had no problems with Tomcat 4.0.x but now it seems that > symlinks are > disabled by default. > > The above entry found in the release notes stating that the > "allowLinking" > flag may be used to disable the check is all fine and well if > I can only > work out where to set this flag. No further mention can be > found in the > documentation or anywhere on this list (If I didn't miss it). > > Is anyone else experiencing the same problem and could you > please reply with > a solution ? > > Thank you in advance. > Nick Lombard. > > -- > 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> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
