HTTP 404 with softlink to custom top.

Question

Has custom_tops LIKE $XXXIBE_TOP
-> echo $xxxIBE_TOP
/apps/cxldbt1/applmgr/apps/apps_st/appl/xxxibe/12.0.0
And here we keep the custom HTM files which are referred during APPS navigation.. Example is like below
cxlwebtst01 @ (/apps/cxldbt1/applmgr/apps/apps_st/appl/xxxibe/12.0.0/html)
-> ls -ltr *htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 29571 Jun 9 15:27 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicy_JP.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 77551 Jun 9 15:27 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicy_KR.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 22813 Jun 9 15:29 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicy_ZHS.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 485940 Jun 10 13:27 xxx_ibeTermOfUseKO.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 126583 Jun 10 13:41 xxx_ibeTermOfUseJA.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 34421 Jun 10 13:46 xxx_ibeTermOfUse.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 36241 Jun 10 14:03 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicyJA.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 77683 Jun 10 14:04 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicyKO.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 12441 Jun 10 14:05 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicy.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 21508 Jun 10 14:05 xxx_ibePrivacyPolicyZHS.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 appcxlt1 cxloaa 104742 Jun 23 17:19 xxx_ibeTermOfUseZHS.htm
Now plans to create a softlink from OA_HTML
cxlwebtst01 @ (/apps/cxldbt1/applmgr/apps/apps_st/comn/webapps/oacore/html)
-> echo $OA_HTML
/apps/cxldbt1/applmgr/apps/apps_st/comn/webapps/oacore/html
to the HTM FILES in $xxxIBE_TOP/html/xxx_ibeTermOfUse.htm (for example)
Now in application when the url is like
https://cxltest.xxx.com/OA_HTML/xxx_ibeTermOfUse.htm  we are getting HTTP 404 errors..
Instead of softlink, if we keep the physical files in $OA_HTML it works(workaround) and displays the HTM page correctly.
Does any one encounter this with R12 custom tops ? any suggestions towards resolution is appreciated.

Answer 1

Here is the post:
To see the error log as you see in Apache, logon as SYSTEM via SQL*Plus and execute:
SQL> execute dbms_epg.set_global_attribute('log-level', 3)
The error log will go to the database trace file app/oracle/admin/XE/bdump/xe_s00?_????.trc. Please ignore the bogus error message "Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: Unknown attribute 3" in the error log.
BTW, here are the log levels:
0 - LOG_EMERG
1 - LOG_ALERT
2 - LOG_CRIT
3 - LOG_ERR
4 - LOG_WARNING
5 - LOG_NOTICE
6 - LOG_INFO
7 - LOG_DEBUG
Once you registered for the forum (on the homepage http://localhost:8080/apex you will find a registration link ) you will be able to access the forum.
There is a lot of support for XE related issues.
~Dietmar.