timing is everything when starting - a 32 bit question

2013-12-15 Thread Ray Holme
I have a rc.local file setup to auto start tomcat and httpd under fedora 18 boot. It works fine on my 64 bit system (and a couple others for a friend)   but there MUST BE a sleep before bringing up httpd (for some reason I forgot). start routine in /etc/init.d/rc.local    S95tomcat start   

linking (limiting???)

2013-12-15 Thread Ray Holme
I am a Linux user and love linking things to reduce copies. Apache/Tomcat (by default) does not allow symbolic linking (nice as it can cross mounted file systems) except in the top apache/lib directory. I use hard links in the Application/WEB-INF/lib directories to reduce copying and help me

slim and trim tomcat - which java is needed

2013-12-15 Thread Ray Holme
I have discovered that under the conf/localhost and webapps directories, all of the release directories and xml files can be removed, leaving just the application(s) you want running. I could b wrong but I think this also closes some possible security issues, besides keeping a smart-cookie from

RE: slim and trim tomcat - which java is needed

2013-12-15 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Ray Holme [mailto:rayho...@yahoo.com] Subject: slim and trim tomcat - which java is needed So do we need the JRE or the JDK or can Tomcat work without either on a non-sofware development box??? Read the RUNNING.txt file in the standard Tomcat distribution. If you're using a

Re: slim and trim tomcat - which java is needed

2013-12-15 Thread Ray Holme
Thanks Chuck for hitting the nail on the head - I should have read that first. On Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:56 AM, Caldarale, Charles R chuck.caldar...@unisys.com wrote: From: Ray Holme [mailto:rayho...@yahoo.com] Subject: slim and trim tomcat - which java is needed So do we need

Re: timing is everything when starting - a 32 bit question

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Eggers
Some inline and some at the end: Note, this is almost all off-topic, since it concerns system administration and not Tomcat. Note, I'm also comparing this to Fedora 19. Fedora 18 should be EOL in about 5 weeks. On 12/15/2013 7:51 AM, Ray Holme wrote: I have a rc.local file setup to auto

Re: linking (limiting???)

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Eggers
On 12/15/2013 8:34 AM, Ray Holme wrote: I am a Linux user and love linking things to reduce copies. Apache/Tomcat (by default) does not allow symbolic linking (nice as it can cross mounted file systems) except in the top apache/lib directory. I use hard links in the Application/WEB-INF/lib

RE: linking (limiting???)

2013-12-15 Thread Martin Gainty
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:41:55 -0800 From: its_toas...@yahoo.com To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Re: linking (limiting???) On 12/15/2013 8:34 AM, Ray Holme wrote: I am a Linux user and love linking things to reduce copies. Apache/Tomcat (by default) does not allow symbolic

Re: linking (limiting???)

2013-12-15 Thread Ray Holme
Hmmm - I use JNDI for connections and you lost me with extra paths - although it appears this is exactly what I want. Context path=/mywebapp docBase=/Users/theuser/mywebapp/src/main/webapp Resources className=org.apache.naming.resources.VirtualDirContext

Re: timing is everything when starting - a 32 bit question

2013-12-15 Thread Ray Holme
OK, the init.d script was probably very old and it looks like I need to learn systemd control. Did not check apache/logs as there was no sign the script ran, thanks will look there too. yes built and installed mod_jk - the app works fine when I do get it going, yes running SELinux so - time

Re: linking (limiting???)

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Eggers
On 12/15/2013 2:43 PM, Ray Holme wrote: Hmmm - I use JNDI for connections and you lost me with extra paths - although it appears this is exactly what I want. Context path=/mywebapp docBase=/Users/theuser/mywebapp/src/main/webapp Resources

Re: linking (limiting???)

2013-12-15 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Martin, On 12/15/13, 4:52 PM, Martin Gainty wrote: Mark I assume you're referring to Virtual DirContext...? Context path=/mywebapp docBase=/Users/theuser/mywebapp/src/main/webapp You shouldn't use the path attribute, here. You should know