I'd want to say the Default context (see bug 33831 for more explanations)
This is the tomcat behaviour if your put crossContext=true (but you already
have solved your needs, no ?).
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:30:01 -0600
Jeffrey Lanham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, hitting an invalid context gets you
So, it's not called the root context but the default context? And, yes, I did
solve it with the crossContext attribute in the
context.xml. Thanks for the suggestion.
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From: Lionel Farbos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Jeffrey,
I use Tomcat 5.0.30 and,
when I use getServletContext().getContext(/toto),
if the Context toto doesn't exist, it returns the root context.
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:32:25 -0600
Jeffrey Lanham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying for days and tons of google searches and mail
So, hitting an invalid context gets you the root context? Isn't that a little
insecure?
Jeff
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From: Lionel Farbos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:49 AM
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Subject: Re: Trying to retrieve the ROOT
I have been trying for days and tons of google searches and mail archive
searches and can't find an answer to the quandry I find
myself in.
I need to allow users to upload to a directory in the ROOT context of my tomcat
server. For some reason, and it may be a security
deal, I can't retrieve
Ok, if I could read I'd be dangerous. I finally found the crossContext
attribute in the context descriptor. Man, I just glossed
right over that one. Changed it in the web app accessing the root directory
and voila, it works. Duh (dull slap as hand hits
forhead with enough force to crack the
