Hi David thanks very much. I googled for a while and I think I am going to use URLrewrite. antry I think it fits my needs, cheers, arian
________________________________ From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 6/8/2007 1:05 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: mime type problem and aliasing as well Best suggestion I can offer is to have a configurable filter in the ROOT webapp that looks at the request and does a client side redirect to the proper target. The client side redirect will correct the url in the browser for all future reference. --David Arian Abrahantes wrote: > Hi all: > > mime problem solved had to change more deeper in the config, down to > opencms. So now alias question is what's missing. > > cheers and TIA, > > arian > > Arian Abrahantes wrote: > >> Hi All: >> >> I am new to the list and to web administration as well. I used tomcat >> 4.1 connected via proxy to apache 2.2. I deployed opencms into >> tomcat. Everything works fine but I am having a problem with special >> mime types in my site I have some extensions quite peculiar, for >> instance "whatever.par" it should be treated as binary (I declared >> this type into opencms workplace) I also make the change in tomcat as >> follows: >> >> <mime-mapping> >> <extension>par</extension> >> <mime-type>application/octet-stream</mime-type> >> </mime-mapping> >> >> I added the mime type to apache as well >> >> Addtype application/octet-stream .par >> >> Yet the browser or wget display the binary not asking for anything >> else. I think I also tried to cheat apache declaring this extension >> as tar or gz: useless. >> >> Regarding alias in Tomcat, I want that a folder be accessed either >> "mydomain.com/Folder" or "mydomain.com/folder". So just like the >> alias in apache but I couldn't make it work there since the folder >> reside within tomcat. So can I manage folder alias in tomcat? >> >> any help is welcome >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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