Try setting the JAVA_HOME variable - either system-wide or in the startup.bat file
I had the same problem and it was a bit irritating - the java.endorsed.dirs variable had nothing to do with the problem. It was only because JAVA_HOME was not set and it precedes the -Djava... stuff in the line which starts Tomcat, -Djava... is interpreted as the command... which of course doesn't make sense. Torben --- Torben Fruechtenicht Developer IT Solutions UBIS AG fon: +49 30 39929-731 Dircksenstraße 42-44 fax: +49 30 39929-900 D-10178 Berlin email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Germany web: http://www.ubis-ag.com --- > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Dean Karres [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Juli 2003 18:07 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Tomcat fails to start under win2k-"pro" > > > Hi, > > I'm not a Windows person but have been asked to start a standalone > Tomcat 4.1.24 server on a Win2k-"pro" machine. I did a very basic > install on a linux box once before and it worked right out of the box. > The windows install and startup is not playing nice. > > I did the install and *think* I have configured it to run on port 80 > [this is necessary for our needs]. I set the JAVA_HOME variable and > then ran the startup.bat file. I get a report that > > -Djava.endorsed.dirs= > > can not be found or is not understood -- sorry for the > imprecise message > but the machine is half a building away and I was distracted > on the way > back. > > I do know this is coming from the catalina.bat script though. I ran: > > catalina.bat start > > and received the same message. > > Dean...K... > > -- > Dean Karres / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / itg.uiuc.edu > > Imaging Technology Group / Beckman Institute / > University of Illinois > 405 North Mathews / Urbana, IL 61801 USA > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
