http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/config/host.html
The section marked "User Web Applications" should be what you want.
John
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:17:33 -0230 (NDT), Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I have successfully setup Tomcat but now I want the following:
Suppose some Linux based system has a dynamic and constantly changing number of users ranging in the thousands. I would like to set up tomcat so that:
Each user gets a context root in a directory such as: http://localhost:8080/~johndoe/contextroot/
This happens in such a way that when a request to a subdirectory that looks like the one above is issued, Tomcat automatically knows how to handle it. Is this possible?
This would be ideal. I don't see why it shouldn't be possible.
If this is impossible, then consider it to be a missing feature from tomcat. I almost feel it should be documented somewhere if available, otherwise, if not available, it should be implemented.
I guess I could define a path mapping of the form:
http://localhost:8080/~+/contextroot/
I actually tried this but it did not work: I used the path mapping inside the webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";>
<web-app>
<display-name>welcome</display-name>
<description>These examples are from the created contextroot subdirectory of webapps.</description>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>welcome</servlet-name>
<description>This web application welcomes you.</description>
<servlet-class>WelcomeServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>welcome</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>http://localhost:8080/~*/contextroot/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
I thought I could have the URL execute a servlet, that would execute then execute a servlet from the users' directory. Sound complicated? Perhaps there is an easier way???
Suggestions very welcome!!!
Neil
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