Yeah, normally I install "real Tomcat" but this server is not under my control. I'll try to update the Debian package and/or to a manually installed one and report back if the issues are gone.
Many many thanks for the hint! On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > From: Fernando González [mailto:fergo...@gmail.com] > > Subject: Tomcat 7.0.28 ignoring context copyXML attribute and > web-fragments > > > I am using Tomcat 7.0.28 and I am deploying a .war with a context.xml > > that sets the copyXML attribute to "true". > > That version is over three years old and does not include copyXML in a > <Context> element. Not keeping up with current releases opens your website > up to attacks fixed in later versions. > > > when I copy the war to the webapps folder, I get the following > > message in catalina.out: > > > "Setting property 'copyXML' to 'true' did not find a matching property." > > As you should. > > > and the context.xml will not be copied to conf/Catalina/localhost/. > > You can set copyXML in the <Host> element if you insist on running old > software. > > > The o.s. is a Debian 7 and the administrator said he just installed > tomcat from the debian > > package. The command "dpkg -s tomcat7" gives me version 7.0.28. > > Which may or may not be correct, since third-party distributions often > cherry-pick changes to include, along with generally corrupting the > standard Tomcat file layout. > > I strongly recommend that you deinstall the Debian package and use a > current, real Tomcat from tomcat.apache.org. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and > its attachments from all computers. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
