Running a CGI in Tomcat 4.1.x

Question

How can I startup a cgi in the Tomcat 4.1.18 server ?
I did what was explained in the how-to, but really don�t knopw where to drop the cgi files and how to map them in the server ?
any tip?
Rename $CATALINA_BASE/server/lib/servlets-cgi.renametojar to $CATALINA_BASE/server/lib/servlets-cgi.jar.
Remove the XML comments from around the CGI servlet and servlet-mapping configuration in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/web.xml.???

Answer 1

my current configurations:
web.xml:
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>clientInputTimeout</param-name>
          <param-value>100</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>debug</param-name>
          <param-value>6</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
          <param-name>cgiPathPrefix</param-name>
          <param-value>WEB-INF/cgi</param-value>
        </init-param>
         <load-on-startup>5</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/mapserver</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>my URL request:
http://localhost:8080/mapserverthe output:
$Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/servlets/CGIServlet.java,v 1.11 2002/12/04 21:09:07 amyroh Exp $
CGI script not found or not specified.
Check the HttpServletRequest pathInfo property to see if it is what you meant it to be. You must specify an existant and executable file as part of the path-info.
For a good discussion of how CGI scripts work and what their environment variables mean, please visit the CGI Specification page.
ServletRequest Properties
characterEncoding = null
contentLength = -1
contentType = null
locale = pt_BR
protocol = HTTP/1.1
remoteAddr = 127.0.0.1
remoteHost = 127.0.0.1
scheme = http
secure = false
serverName = localhost
serverPort = 8080
HttpServletRequest Properties
authType = null
contextPath =
cookie JSESSIONID = 8694198A608135B9BD8154F787889357
header accept = image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, */*
header accept-language = pt-br
header accept-encoding = gzip, deflate
header user-agent = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
header host = localhost:8080
header connection = Keep-Alive
header cookie = JSESSIONID=8694198A608135B9BD8154F787889357
method = GET
pathInfo = null
pathTranslated = null
queryString = null
remoteUser = null
requestedSessionId = 8694198A608135B9BD8154F787889357
requestedSessionIdFromCookie = true
requestedSessionIdFromURL = false
requestedSessionIdValid = true
requestURI = /mapserver
servletPath = /mapserver
userPrincipal = null