Hello, I have successfully setup Tomcat but now I want the following:
Suppose some Linux based system has a dynamic and constantly changing number of users ranging in the thousands. I would like to set up tomcat so that: Each user gets a context root in a directory such as: http://localhost:8080/~johndoe/contextroot/ This happens in such a way that when a request to a subdirectory that looks like the one above is issued, Tomcat automatically knows how to handle it. Is this possible? This would be ideal. I don't see why it shouldn't be possible. If this is impossible, then consider it to be a missing feature from tomcat. I almost feel it should be documented somewhere if available, otherwise, if not available, it should be implemented. I guess I could define a path mapping of the form: http://localhost:8080/~+/contextroot/ I actually tried this but it did not work: I used the path mapping inside the webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> <web-app> <display-name>welcome</display-name> <description>These examples are from the created contextroot subdirectory of webapps.</description> <servlet> <servlet-name>welcome</servlet-name> <description>This web application welcomes you.</description> <servlet-class>WelcomeServlet</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>welcome</servlet-name> <url-pattern>http://localhost:8080/~*/contextroot/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app> I thought I could have the URL execute a servlet, that would execute then execute a servlet from the users' directory. Sound complicated? Perhaps there is an easier way??? Suggestions very welcome!!! Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
