Hi ... but did you mean "root context" when you said "root directory"?
These are two different things. For example server.xml <Context path="/myapp" docBase="/some/path/to/some/application".... snip> httpd.conf <DocumentRoot /some/other/path/to/doc/root> root context of application is in /some/path/to/some/application while root directory is in /some/other/path/to/doc/root HTH Jan-Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Choe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:00 am Subject: Re: web page errors > yes. i have missing.html in the root directory. > > Peter Choe > > At 12:28 PM 2/11/2003, you wrote: > >Just a quick question... > > > >Did you actually put an HTML document named missing.html in the > root folder > >of your context? > > > >Sean Dockery > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Certified Java Web Component Developer > >Certified Delphi Programmer > >SBD Consultants > >http://www.sbdconsultants.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Peter Choe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:08 > >Subject: RE: web page errors > > > > > > > i tried putting the error-page in the web.xml and it seem to > go crazy when > > > i tried it. > > > > > > i put: > > > > > > .... > > > <error-page> > > > <error-code>404</error-code> > > > <location>/missing.html</location> > > > </error-page> > > > ... > > > > > > when i try to go to a page that doesn't exist in the > directory, tomcat > >goes > > > in a loop and i can't get out of until i stop tomcat. > > > > > > is there a know problem with using <error-page> with tomcat3.2? > > > > > > Peter Choe > > > > > > At 10:28 AM 2/11/2003, you wrote: > > > >Howdy, > > > >You typically need to set up one web.xml for each web > application.> > > > > > >Yoav Shapira > > > >Millennium ChemInformatics > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: Peter Choe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:19 AM > > > > >To: Tomcat Users List; Tomcat Users List > > > > >Subject: RE: web page errors > > > > > > > > > >do i need to set up the web.xml for each application, or is > there a way > > > >to > > > > >have one set up for all the applications in one place? > > > > > > > > > >Peter Choe > > > > >At 10:04 AM 2/11/2003, Shapira, Yoav wrote: > > > > >>Howdy, > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >can tomcat handle errors such as 404 document not found > without> > >apache? > > > > >> > > > > >>Yes. Anything that claims it implements the HTTP protocol > has to > > > >handle > > > > >>these. > > > > >> > > > > >> >how can i configure tomcat to direct these errors to an > error page? > > > > >> > > > > >>It'll automatically direct these errors to its default > error pages. > > > >Use > > > > >>the <error-page> directive in your web.xml to define > custom error > > > >pages. > > > > >>See the servlet spec chapter 13 for a full explanation of the > > > > >><error-page> element with examples. > > > > >> > > > > >>Yoav Shapira > > > > >>Millennium ChemInformatics > > > > >> > > > > >>----------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>For additional commands, e- > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >For additional commands, e- > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands, e- > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
