Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-28 Thread Delian Krustev
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:01:37 + Mark Thomas wrote: > With your specific configuration you might be OK but appBase==docBase is > something that usually always cause pain. Yes, *usually*. And I'm aware of this ;) > My main concern is making sure > that people reading this thread in the archives

Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-28 Thread Mark Thomas
Delian Krustev wrote: appBase == docBase is unsupported. Period. The servlet spec allows (might even be requires I don't recall off-hand) any directory to treated as a webapp so as soon as you have an WAR exploded into the appBase you end up with multiple contexts which will cause problems. I d

Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-28 Thread Delian Krustev
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:16:14 + Mark Thomas wrote: > Delian Krustev wrote: > > I'm pretty sure > > there is a functionality which could not be achieved otherwise, although > > I could not remember which one at this very moment. > > No, there isn't. If there is, that is a bug that needs to be fix

Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-28 Thread Mark Thomas
Delian Krustev wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:01:28 -0800 Hassan Schroeder wrote: Aside from the fact that putting Context elements in server.xml is strongly discouraged I'm pretty sure there is a functionality which could not be achieved otherwise, although I could not remember which one at

Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-28 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Jan 28, 2008 11:34 AM, Delian Krustev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > having a docBase == appBase is totally wrong, and /will/ cause ugly > problems. > It doesn't cause any problems. And yet you're reporting one :-) > My post is actually a bug report. Not a question. I'd think it hard to cl

Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-28 Thread Delian Krustev
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:01:28 -0800 Hassan Schroeder wrote: > Aside from the fact that putting Context elements in server.xml is > strongly discouraged Various people tend to claim the same thing on this list. I'm pretty sure there is a functionality which could not be achieved otherwise, although

Re: Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-27 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Jan 27, 2008 3:42 PM, Delian Krustev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is Tomcat 6.0.14 started with its security manager enabled. > > The host configuration is as follows: > > appBase="/home/USER/web-root" Aside from the fact that putting Context elements in server.xml is strongly disc

Null pointer in manager web app. Tomcat 6.0.14

2008-01-27 Thread Delian Krustev
Hi, This seems to happen when there is a broken WAR inside a vhost. Other vhosts work fine at the same time. 2008-01-27 23:21:07.556049500 INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'DOMAIN' 2008-01-27 23:21:07.556050500 Jan 27, 2008 11:21:07 PM org.apache.catalina.core