Jon Skeet wrote:
> I'm using Tomcat 3.2b7 (also happens under 3.2b6) and I'm trying to run
> a slightly cut-down version. In particular, I don't want to serve any static
> files, show any directories etc.
>
> I thought that to do this, I could remove the line:
>
> <RequestInterceptor className="org.apache.tomcat.request.StaticInterceptor" />
>
> from server.xml.
>
> Unfortunately, this seems to mean that a request for / on the server sends
> Tomcat into a tight loop (Java takes up 99% of my CPU).
>
> Any ideas? Is removing the StaticInterceptor just a really bad idea?
>
> Win2K, JDK1.3 btw.
>
The static interceptor also interprets requests for welcome files (which is what
you really want to have happen when you ask for URL "/"), so removing it is
probably not a good idea :-).
In 3.2b7 there is a configuration option on the static interceptor to disable
directory listings. The default entry looks like this:
<RequestInterceptor
className="org.apache.tomcat.request.StaticInterceptor"
debug="0" suppress="false" />
Change the suppress attribute to true, and Tomcat will return an error instead of
a directory listing when no welcome file is present.
>
> Jon
Craig McClanahan
