Using apache-tomcat-6.0.28... We are encountering issue with "catalina.sh stop"s IF we use a variable to set the SHUTDOWN port.
e.g.: CATALINA_OPTS = "...-Dco.shutdown.port=8104 ..." server.xml = "... <!- <Server port="8104" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"> --> <Server port="${co.shutdown.port}" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"> ..." After startup we see... ... java 24389 tcowner 42u IPv6 8406404 TCP localhost.localdomain:8104 (LISTEN) But on shutdown we get... SEVERE: Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:478) at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:375) at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer(Catalina.java:408) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.stopServer(Bootstrap.java:338) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:416) Tomcat did not stop in time. PID file was not removed. IF however I swap the server.xml SHUTDOWN port lines shown above then the catalina.sh stop works as it should. Any ideas on why the dynamic port definition works on startup but not on shutdown? Thanks in advance, John A Parker Cornell University (607) 255-9356 john.a.par...@cornell.edu<mailto:john.a.par...@cornell.edu>