You could map a servlet or jsp to the path / that dispatches the request using
RequestDispatcher.forward("/path_to_somewhere" to what ever place you want, then
remove the welcome-files from web.xml, if you don't want that functionality.
I think that might work for you.
Hope it helps
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> From: neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 18. n�vember 2002 20:53
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: auto-redirect to default page - undesired
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> Tomcat appears to auto-redirect to the default page rather
> than leaving the url of the default url (www.mysite.com)
> while displaying the default page. In otherwords, if the url
(www.mysite.com) is requested, the url is actually redirected (the url of the window
will change) to www.mysite.com/index.jsp. This presumes use of tomcat as standalone.
>From what I have been reading this can have adverse effects on search engine
>placement and is thus not a desired effect. Does anyone know how to configure tomcat
>to behave as most other web servers and *not* redirect the user? I think the
>difference here may be to forward the user versus redirecting them.
Thanks.
Neal
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