Tomcat can't find my servlets

Question

Whenever i try to access one of my servlets via http://localhost:8080/photodb/servlet/dtic.photodb.webapp.PhotoList, I get a 404 error. I am using Tomcat 4.1.12, but i had no troubles in 4.1.10. Does Tomcat 4.1.12 require special configuration, or could something else be the cause of this problem?
Thanks in advance
Ryan

Answer 1

Hi,
Tomcat 4.1.12 has a bug fix done on the InvokerServlet. The InvokerServlet is responsible for serving the servlet requests. In all the previous versions the InvokerServlet will be enabled by default. In the latest version, it is commented out. You will have to uncomment this for your servlets to be serverd. The changes needs to be done in the <tomcat_home>/conf/web.xml file.
Uncomment the following lines
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
More details regarding the bug and the fix can be found at the following url
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/292936/2002-09-21/2002-09-27/0
Thanks
Shanmugam.PL
Whenever i try to access one of my servlets via
http://localhost:8080/photodb/servlet/dtic.photodb.weba
p.PhotoList, I get a 404 error. I am using Tomcat
4.1.12, but i had no troubles in 4.1.10. Does Tomcat
4.1.12 require special configuration, or could
something else be the cause of this problem?
Thanks in advance
Ryan