You could try adding the following in the TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml:
<Context path="/" docBase="webapps/examples" ......</Context>
This will map your examples webapp to the '/'. This will allow you to access
http://servername/servlet/HelloWorld.
-keng wong
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Apache - Tomcat - Servlet Mapping
>
>
> It would probably help if the mod_jk howto contained an example showing
> how to run the examples through Apache. For example, I have Tomcat 3.2.2
> running nicely and get the examples to run using http://servername:8080/
> to launch the examples. When I connect Apache to Tomcat, using
> http://servername/ doesn't recognize that the "/" context should go to
> ROOT. And going into http://servername/ROOT/ gets you into trouble when
> it tries to go to the examples context.
