Tomcat v4.1.12
Slackware, Kernel 2.4.19

I'm attempting to port a web application from Tomcat v. 4.0.6 to 4.1.12.  It
uses a symlink to provide access to a file repository.  From my web
browsing, I understand that following symlinks was disabled with v 4.1.10,
but a workaround was included in 4.1.11 to re-enable the functionality.

I modified my server.xml file to allowLinking:

<Context path="" docBase=insertDocbaseHere debug="0" reloadable="true">

                <Resources
className="org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext"
                           allowLinking="true" caseSensitive="false" />
                        ...
</Context>

When I attempt to start the application, the following error occurs:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Exception processing JAR at resource path
/WEB-INF/lib/lucene.jar
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanJar(ContextConfig.java:930)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScan(ContextConfig.java:868)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:647)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:
243)
        at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSuppor
t.java:166)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3493)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:347)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2189)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
        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:203)
----- Root Cause -----
java.io.FileNotFoundException
        at
org.apache.naming.resources.DirContextURLConnection.getInputStream(DirContex
tURLConnection.java:344)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.retrieve(URLJarFile.java:161)
        at
sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.getJarFile(URLJarFile.java:42)
        at
sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarFileFactory.get(JarFileFactory.java:68)
        at
sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.connect(JarURLConnection.java:85)
        at
sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.getJarFile(JarURLConnection.java:6
9)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanJar(ContextConfig.java:906)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScan(ContextConfig.java:868)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:647)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:
243)
        at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSuppor
t.java:166)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3493)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:347)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2189)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
        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:203)

2002-11-21 13:27:34 ContextConfig[]: Marking this application unavailable
due to previous error(s)
2002-11-21 13:27:34 StandardManager[]: Seeding random number generator class
java.security.SecureRandom
2002-11-21 13:27:34 StandardManager[]: Seeding of random number generator
has been completed
2002-11-21 13:27:34 StandardContext[]: Context startup failed due to
previous errors

When I remove the resources from server.xml, the application works
correctly, with the exception of following the symlink.

Any thoughts as to what is causing the problem?

Cheers!
Carl


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