* Craig R. McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020108 18:51]: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Jonathan C. Detert wrote:
-- snip -- > > The sole purpose of the apache server in question is to serve user directories > > (i.e. using the UserDir directive from the mod_userdir module). > > > > I want to enable each user to create his own JSP's and servlets. > > > > So, my question is, what's the best way to do this? -- snip -- > > E.g. I'd like to tell apache that a request like > > http://my.apacheserver.name/~detertj/myexamples/servlet/HelloWorld > > is to be handed off to tomcat, and then, of course, I'd like tomcat to > > know where this is (cuz it's not gonna be in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps) ? > > > > You've got two choices: -- snip -- > (2) If you use Tomcat stand-alone, you can use the "User Home Directories" > feature to serve files from each user's directory, in the same way that > Apache does it. For example, I can make the following URL: > > http://localhost:8080/~craigmcc/ > > resolve to the "public_html" directory in my home directory > (/home/craigmcc on my Linux box), without having to configure them all > individually. This directory is treated like any other webapp directory, > so it can contain a WEB-INF subdirectory with a web.xml file, and so on. > > For more info, see the "Host" page in: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/config/ I like this choice. I followed the directions in the above URL, and restarted tomcat. However, I get tomcat's 404 error when i try to access something like http://my.server.name:8080/~detertj/ or anything underneath it. Tomcat's logs reveal nothing more than that. Precisely, here's what i did: in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml, inside the "localhost" <Host> container, inside the "Standalone" <Engine> container, inside the "Tomcat-Standalone" <Service> containter, I added this tag: <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.UserConfig" directoryName="www" userClass="org.apache.catalina.startup.PasswdUserDatabase"/> I also tried specifying the homebase like so : <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.UserConfig" directoryName="www" homeBase="/home/staff" userClass="org.apache.catalina.startup.HomesUserDatabase"/> Neither way worked. The server is an NIS client, and so the /etc/passwd file (normally) has no information about 'detertj' in it. To test whether that was the problem, i added a full record in /etc/passwd for 'detertj', but it didn't help. Any ideas what i did wrong? Or, any ideas what else to look for or test? AtDhVaAnNkCsE, Jon -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
