Hi, The problem was caused by symbolic links used to address the SMBshare directory.
Thanks for replying, MG > -----Original Message----- > From: Goerke, Michael > Sent: Wednesday, 19 April, 2006 15:40 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Cannot load files from a SMB share into Tomcat 5.5.12 > > Thanks, but I have been perhaps not clear about that. > Everything is declared properly, i.e. with both an identical > setup and dir content http://localhost/all_local and > http://localhost:8080/all_local as well as > http://localhost/NFSshare and http://localhost:8080/NFSshare > work fine, and also http://localhost/SMBshare, but > http://localhost:8080/SMBshare doesn't. > > :-( > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marc Farrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 19 April, 2006 15:25 > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Cannot load files from a SMB share into Tomcat 5.5.12 > > > > Not sure of what you are trying accomplish, but here is some > > info that might help. > > > > You must have an Apache alias setup in order for you to > > access http://localhost/sambashare. This seems to be the case. > > > > However, when you are trying to do > > http://localhost:8080/sambashare. Tomcat knows nothing about > > Apache's aliases. It is expecting a context named > > sambashare. Tomcat knows nothing about "shares" unless you > > explicitly tell it. > > > > hth > > > > > > On 4/19/06, Goerke, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am pretty new to tomcat, and I apologise for possible > > > misunderstandings. > > > > > > I am using successfully on a RHEL (2.4.21-40.Elsmp) Linux > > box Apache > > > 2.0.46, Tomcat 5.5.12 and mod_jk 1.2.15, jdk is 1.5.0_05. > > > > > > Now I have copied everything onto a Windows share (where > > users should > > > deal with their documents), and tried to import the > directory tree > > > into Linux as a read-only share via SAMBA. But although all > > dirs/files > > > are world-readable I cannot 'see' them via tomcat. I.e., when > > > requesting http://myserver/sambashare/Index.html via apache > > everything > > > loads properly, but for tomcat > > > http://myserver:8080/sambashare/Index.html I get a 404 > > error (requested resource ... is not available). > > > > > > Could perhaps someone explain why, and/or how to solve it? > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > Michael Goerke > > > > > > PS: Doing it via NFS (exporting from Windows via SFU and > importing > > > into > > > Linux) works well, but then I cannot set access permissions > > as desired. > > > --- > > > Michael Goerke, European University Institute, Computing Service > > > Via Boccaccio 121, 50133 Firenze, Italy > > > phone: +39 055 4685-531 (voice), 4685-205 (fax) > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Marc Farrow > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
