Thank you all very much for your help. I did now like:
$ wget 'http://apache.crihan.fr/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.20/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.20.tar.gz' $ tar xvzf apache-tomcat-6.0.20.tar.gz $ cp MapFishPrintModule/print-servlet/target/print-servlet-1.1.war apache-tomcat-6.0.20/webapps $ cd apache-tomcat-6.0.20/bin $ ./startup.sh ....and all the problems are gone :-) Best regards, Kai Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > >> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] >> Subject: Re: Deploying .war-file in Tomcat 5.5 >> >> I disagree with Chuck's complaint about this packaging: it actually >> looks quite sane to me: system-installed stuff goes into >> /usr/share/tomcat5.5/webapps and probably has XML context files in an >> appropriate location (don't ask me where!) to load those. >> /var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps is the auto-deploy directory that mere >> mortals get to use (though usually /var is read-only for non-root >> users, so... wtf?). > > Your "don't ask me where" and "wtf" comments seem to conflict with your > "looks quite sane to me" statement... > > The Debian file scattering approach makes it extremely difficult for > anyone not running that Debian level and that specific Debian repackaged > version of Tomcat to provide anything other than general advice. When the > repackagers start to muck around in server.xml changing defaults (some of > them do), it gets even worse. > > Ergo, if you want advice from the Tomcat users mailing list, it's best to > use a standard Tomcat; otherwise, you will likely need help from a > platform-specific forum. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail > and its attachments from all computers. > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Deploying-.war-file-in-Tomcat-5.5-tp23886971p23960188.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
