Hi. It is possible to run tomcat with your userid. All you need is a stripped down version of the tomcat directory somewhere in your home dir where you have read & write access. Then you have to set up some environment variables: CATALINA_HOME= your tomcat installation directory CATALINA_BASE= a directory containing the conf, logs, temp, webapps and work directory which you can find in CATALINA_HOME You can copy it from there and adjust it to your needs. I am sure the tomcat documentation can tell you more about this but at least you now know how its meant to work. cya Robert Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>From: Andrew Overholt [mailto:overholt@xxxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:29 AM >>To: Daniel B. Thurman >>Cc: Gary Benson; Fedora Java Development List (E-mail) >>Subject: RE: [fedora-java] Eclipse and Tomcat - where? >> >> >>On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 09:48 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >> >>>>From: fedora-devel-java-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>[mailto:fedora-devel-java-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gary >>>>Benson >>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:12 AM >>>>To: Fedora Java Development List (E-mail) >>>>Subject: Re: [fedora-java] Eclipse and Tomcat - where? >>>> >>>> >>>>Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi Folks, >>>>> >>>>>I finally am ready to test by application on Fedora using Eclipse >>>>>and I am at the point where I am trying to run my web-application >>>>>using Tomcat. >>>>> >>>>>Of course, the Tomcat dialog box pops up and asks where the >>>>>Tomcat installation directory is.... ugh.... I have NO CLUE! >>>>> >>>>>On windows, Tomcat is installed by Eclipse so I dont have to >>>>>figure this out.... but on Fedora, seems like I do. >>>>> >>>>>Can someone tell me what to do? >>>> >>>>Well, I don't know what dialog box this is, but on Fedora the Tomcat >>>>installation directory (CATALINA_HOME) is /usr/share/tomcat5/. >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>>Gary >>>> >>> >>>Hmmm.. ok, so I have that - but this did not help. >>> >>>The specific dialog box appears when you attempt to run the >>>web-application project (RunAs->Run on Server) and you >>>are then to choose the application server (tomcat 4,5,5.5) >>>and provide the tomcat installation directory otherwise >>>you cannot run the application. I entered the pathname of >>>/usr/share/tomcat5 and it does not allow me to continue. >>>I tried different tomcat versions (5.0, 5.5) and neither >>>worked. >>> >>>So- I am stuck - and cannot even get my application to run >>>at this time. Any ideas? >> >>Is it trying to launch tomcat itself? That won't work as it's supposed >>to run as root (or the tomcat user or whatever). > > > Tomcat is a java servlet application server and yet developers > using eclipse are doing development work so why should it be a > "root" requirement to run and/or start it? Sure beats me... > > But in any case and from what I can tell, no matter what I enter into > the "Tomcat installation directory" textbox, the eclipse program > keeps saying that the directory provided is not a valid tomcat installation > directory and will not allow me to continue. I have used eclipse on windows > for awhile and tomcat (or other server) selections runs fine - "root" or not > and it even "installs" the server (along with Sun's version of their app server > w/ DB support) which makes it pleasant for developers so why not follow the same > pathway for linux-based developers? Why force configuration make us jump through > hoops when all "we" care about is to develop applications? I *should* be able to > choose *any* AS with Eclipse under Linux? > > Anyone care to jump in and tell me how to get tomcat started under > Eclipse's control? > > Dan > > >>Andrew >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/207 - Release >>Date: 12/19/2005 >> >> > >
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