I'm joining this thread late, but I posted a couple weeks ago the same problem.. I am running JDK1.4.2 and Tomcat 4.1.24. If I have a context specified in server.xml, then the war file DOESN'T unpack. If I don't have a context specified, then it DOES unpack.
Setting the docBase to "fortius.war" versus "fortius" doesn't seem to matter at all. I am building my war file using Maven.. could that be the problem? Eric Pugh -----Original Message----- From: Rick Roberts To: Tomcat Users List Sent: 7/23/03 3:26 PM Subject: Re: War files don't work Making docBase = "nsfs.war" vice "nsfs" works!! :) However; the war file is not being unpacked. It seems that unpackWARs="true" works the same as unpackWARs="false" Thanks, Rick John Turner wrote: > > From the docs for Context: > > "The Document Base (also known as the Context Root) directory for this > web application, or the pathname to the web application archive file (if > this web application is being executed directly from the WAR file). You > may specify an absolute pathname for this directory or WAR file, or a > pathname that is relative to the appBase directory of the owning Host." > > Thus, if you're going to put a Context entry in server.xml for "nsfs", > make the docBase "nsfs.war", not "nsfs". > > Further: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/config/host.html#Automat ic%20Application%20Deployment > > > John > > Rick Roberts wrote: > >> Does the nsfs.war file go into webapps directory or into webapps/nsfs >> directory? >> Currently, the webapps/nsfs dir does not exist. There is only the >> nsfs.war file setting in the webapps directory. I am assuming that >> Tomcat will create the webapps/nsfs directory for me when it expands >> the war file. >> >> I have temporarily set permissions to 777 on the webapps directory and >> it still does not expand, nor try to use, the war file. >> >> >> Rick >> >> John Turner wrote: >> >>> >>> You've told Tomcat the docBase is "nsfs". >>> >>> Tomcat thusly looks for a directory called "nsfs" in the Host's appBase. >>> >>> If it finds it, and unpackWars is true, it will unpack your WAR file >>> into that directory (webapps/nsfs, NOT webapps). Thus, Tomcat needs >>> r+w on webapps/nsfs. >>> >>> Does Tomcat have r+w on webapps/nsfs? >>> >>> Alternatively, make unpackWars false. >>> >>> John >>> >>> Rick Roberts wrote: >>> >>>> My directory permissions are as follows: >>>> >>>> drwxrwx--- 7 root tomcat4 4096 Jul 23 12:17 webapps >>>> >>>> ps -ef shows me this, which is think is Tomcat, which is run by user >>>> tomcat4: >>>> >>>> tomcat4 6199 1 0 12:17 pts/2 00:00:36 >>>> /usr/java/jdk1.4/bin/java -Djava.endorsed.dirs= -classpath >>>> /usr/java/jdk1.4/lib/tools.jar:/var >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> Shapira, Yoav wrote: >>>> >>>>> Howdy, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> 2003-07-23 11:09:30 StandardContext[/nsfs]: Resources start failed: >>>>>>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base >>>>>>> /var/tomcat4/webapps/nsfs does not exist or is not a >>>>>>> readable directory >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Well explain it to me! :) >>>>>> >>>>>> There is a "/var/tomcat4/webapps/nsfs.war" file. >>>>>> >>>>>> There should not be a "/var/tomcat4/webapps/nsfs" directory. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If you have unpackWARS="true" tomcat will try to explode your war into >>>>> the directory specified as the docBase, which is nsfs under >>>>> webapps. If >>>>> it can't create this directory or read/write into it, you get the >>>>> above >>>>> error. Check file permissions on webapps. >>>>> >>>>> Yoav Shapira -- ******************************************* * Rick Roberts * * Advanced Information Technologies, Inc. * ******************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
