Hans, maybe you can help me, Is there a way to restore the unsecure mode? The students have different Servlet names, the broadband access ones have burned CDs for the others, and they have a deadline. I do not think I will have the time needed to read the documentation and instruct a simple patch or mod. What do you think?
Thanks, Luis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Bergsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: Re: Question on documentation... > Luis A wrote: > > Man, you must be kidding. So the tutorial I just wrote and emailed to my 32 > > students will not work without the web.xml changes? Are you sure? > > Yes, I'm sure. URL mapping has been in the Servlet spec since 2.0 (and > was an option in JWS before the API was formally specified, I believe), > while the "/servlet" default mapping has _never_ been in the spec (even > though most web containers have supported it for a long time). The > behavior of an "invoker" mapped to a "/servlet" URL was first identified > as a security risk back in the Servlet 2.0/2.1 days. > > Hans > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hans Bergsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Question on documentation... > > > > > > > >>Paul Toyn wrote: > >> > >>>The following is a snippet from the Jakarta-Tomcat configuration and > >>>testing documentation: > >>> > >>>Once you compile HelloServlet.java, put HelloServlet.class in > >>>install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes. After compiling the code, > >>>access the servlet with the URL http://localhost/servlet/HelloServlet > >>>... You should get a simple HTML page that says "Hello". If this URL > >>>fails but the test of the server itself succeeded, you probably put the > >>>class file in the wrong directory. > >>> > >>>I've followed the example and everything is working up to the point > >>>above. I compiled the java code and it compiled without a hitch, but I > >>>do get a 404 error when I try the URL. The test of the server did > >>>succeed. I placed the class file into the folder as indicated. Is the > >>>documentation correct? Where does the folder "servlet" get involved? > >>>What am I doing wrong? > >> > >>Is this with Tomcat 4.1.12? If so, it's because the "invoker" (the > >>servlet mapped to the "/servlet/*" path) is disabled by default starting > >>with this version due to security concerns. See the release notes for > >>details. > >> > >>In general, you should use explicit mappings for all servlets instead > >>of using the "invoker". Add this to the web.xml file for the application > >>(e.g. webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml for the Tomcat default application): > >> > >> <servlet> > >> <servlet-name>hello</servlet-name> > >> <servlet-class>HelloServlet</servlet-class> > >> </servlet> > >> ... > >> <servlet-mapping> > >> <servlet-name>hello</servlet-name> > >> <url-pattern>/hello/*</url-pattern> > >> </servlet-mapping> > >> > >>After restarting the web container (Tomcat), you can use a URL like > >>this to invoke it: > >> > >> http://localhost:8080/hello > >> > >>Hans > >>-- > >>Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com > >>JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com > >> > >> > > > > =========================================================================== > > > >>To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > > > > JSP-INTEREST". > > > >>For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST > > > > DIGEST". > > > >>Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > >> > >> http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > >> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > >> http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > >> http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > >> http://www.jspinsider.com > >> > > > > > > =========================================================================== > > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > > http://www.jspinsider.com > > > > -- > Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com > JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". 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