Silly question Does the user running tomcat have write permissions in the webapps directory ?
David Jack Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: Subject: WAR files with Tomcat 4.0 problem... 09/07/2003 17:24 Please respond to "Tomcat Developers List" Hello, I have a .war file in my webapps directory and it does not get expanded when Tomcat 4.0 starts up. I am getting the error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base /install/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/soap does not exist or is not a readable directory but there is a soap.war file in /install/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps I have also enabled unpackWARs <Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0" autoDeploy="true" unpackWARs="true"> . . . . <!-- Define the default virtual host --> <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" autoDeploy="true" unpackWARs="true"> . . . <!-- Replace "localhost" with what your Apache "ServerName" is set to --> <Engine className="org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpEngine" name="Apache" debug="0" appBase="webapps" autoDeploy="true" unpackWARs="true"> everywhere in server.xml Regards Jack --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]