Change welcome file for webapp

Question

Hi,
I just installed SunOne web server 6.1 SP4, and deployed the [simple] webapp coming with the server distribution by following the steps in "Sun One Web Server 6.1 Getting Started Guide". I pointed my browser to http://my-sunone-61-server/simple, I got the index page for [simple] webapp. Easy !
I want to see if I can change the welcome page for the webapp, so I create a login.html in the root directory for the [simple] webapp, change the welcom-file from index.html to login.html in web.xml, and restart the server. Now I expect to get the login page when I point my browser to http://my-sunone-61-server/simple, I thought this should be simple and straightforward enough. But unfortunately it is not. The login page does not show up. I still get the index page.
Do I have to add the login.html to the admin server's index filenames list ? Or am I missing anything in my configuration? Please advice. Thx.

Answer 1

If you config the web.xml as this:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>The <welcom-file-list/> unit must be the last unit of web.xml just like this:
<web-app>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>aa</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/aaServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<mime-mapping>
<extension>doc</extension>
<mime-type>application/msword</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list></web-app>
I don't know whether it is helpful with you.But try ! Good Luck!