JSP setup problems on XP Pro

[Ed]

Here's the scene:

1) XP Pro, with IIS installed and running, as well as complete .NET
Architect Enterprise development environment
2) Tomcat server 4.1.27 in the default directory jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27
3) Java NetBeans "cobundle" installed in the default directory
(j2sdk_nb\j2sdk1.4.2)
4) JSP environment variables set (JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME)

WHen I run Internet Explorer and enter the address http://localhost:8080/ I
get a user/password dialog that I never saw in my Win 2K/JSP setup. Can
anyone tell me why this is happening? So far as I know I've properly set
the required environment variables. I haven't added any new projects, so
I'm not yet worried about something like having a directory named "web-inf"
instead of "WEB-INF," and Tomcat and the Java SDK are in their (currently)
default locations.

Could this be related to script blocking in Norton AntiVirus, or a similar
constraint elsewhere? Thanks in advance.
Henry

[PerfectDayToChaseTornados]

"Ed" <gu******@optonline.net> wrote in message
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| Here's the scene:
|
| 1) XP Pro, with IIS installed and running, as well as complete .NET
| Architect Enterprise development environment
| 2) Tomcat server 4.1.27 in the default directory
jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27
| 3) Java NetBeans "cobundle" installed in the default directory
| (j2sdk_nb\j2sdk1.4.2)
| 4) JSP environment variables set (JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME)
|
| WHen I run Internet Explorer and enter the address http://localhost:8080/
I
| get a user/password dialog that I never saw in my Win 2K/JSP setup. Can
| anyone tell me why this is happening? So far as I know I've properly set
| the required environment variables. I haven't added any new projects, so
| I'm not yet worried about something like having a directory named
"web-inf"
| instead of "WEB-INF," and Tomcat and the Java SDK are in their (currently)
| default locations.
|
| Could this be related to script blocking in Norton AntiVirus, or a similar
| constraint elsewhere? Thanks in advance.
|
|
| Henry

What port have you got IIS running on? Could it be that IIS is running on
port 8080?

--
-P
"Sometimes I feel so goddam' trapped by everything that I know"

[Henry]

Nope- it looks as if the dfault IIS Web site is on port 80. I've found that
IE and XP want me to enter the default JSP address
as https://localhost:8080/ but even then, although I no longer get the
password screen, I get an error page that says the page cannot be found.

This is making me a bit nuts. I had no idea that it would be so much more
difficult to set it up under XP Pro than Win2K.
Henry
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"Ed" <gu******@optonline.net> wrote in message
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| Here's the scene:
|
| 1) XP Pro, with IIS installed and running, as well as complete ..NET | Architect Enterprise development environment
| 2) Tomcat server 4.1.27 in the default directory
jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27
| 3) Java NetBeans "cobundle" installed in the default directory
| (j2sdk_nb\j2sdk1.4.2)
| 4) JSP environment variables set (JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME)
|
| WHen I run Internet Explorer and enter the address http://localhost:8080/ I
| get a user/password dialog that I never saw in my Win 2K/JSP setup. Can
| anyone tell me why this is happening? So far as I know I've properly set | the required environment variables. I haven't added any new projects, so | I'm not yet worried about something like having a directory named
"web-inf"
| instead of "WEB-INF," and Tomcat and the Java SDK are in their (currently) | default locations.
|
| Could this be related to script blocking in Norton AntiVirus, or a similar | constraint elsewhere? Thanks in advance.
|
|
| Henry

What port have you got IIS running on? Could it be that IIS is running on
port 8080?

--
-P
"Sometimes I feel so goddam' trapped by everything that I know"

[simon]

On 10-Oct-2003, "Henry" <gr*******@optonline.net> wrote:

Nope- it looks as if the dfault IIS Web site is on port 80.
port 80 is port 8080.
This is making me a bit nuts. I had no idea that it would be so much more
difficult to set it up under XP Pro than Win2K.

That's not true. I use Windows XP Pro at home and I did not have any
problem whatsoever doing Java on it. Just make sure you configure Tomcat
correctly. Try and change the port for Tomcat to another port number.

[PerfectDayToChaseTornados]

"Henry" <gr*******@optonline.net> wrote in message
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| Nope- it looks as if the dfault IIS Web site is on port 80. I've found
that
| IE and XP want me to enter the default JSP address
| as https://localhost:8080/ but even then, although I no longer get the
| password screen, I get an error page that says the page cannot be found.
|
| This is making me a bit nuts. I had no idea that it would be so much more
| difficult to set it up under XP Pro than Win2K.
|
|
| Henry
|

Henry, I have Tomcat running on XP pro with no problems at all. My guess
would still be that the problem lies with running IIS as well. Have you
tried turning IIS off & running it then?
--
-P
"Sometimes I feel so goddam trapped by everything that I know"

[Henry]

I found the problem. I made one mistake, and the system just plain didn't
like something else. In the jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27\bin\catalina.bat I had
set the JAVA_HOME variable, which is not necessary. I think this was, for
me, a holdover from earlier versions of Tomcat, such as 3.2 and 3.3.

I hadn't mentioned earlier that no instance of Tomcat actually ran- which
was why I couldn't even point to the default Tomcat page at
http://localhost:8080/.

The last part of the puzzle was the port number. As soon as I changed it to
7080 instead of 8080, the default page loaded in a blink of an eye.
Changing back to 8080 again brings up the password/login dialog.

I'm also running Oracle 9i, which installs JServ (optionally). I was just
beginning to suspect something funny due to JServ.

Maybe it was IIS after all. I'm not sure if I would have considered the
port number so soon. I even have some documentation that recommends
changing the default port as a normal course of operation; see
http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html for the reference.

In any case, I've got things running. Thanks for your help!
Henry
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"Henry" <gr*******@optonline.net> wrote in message
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| Nope- it looks as if the dfault IIS Web site is on port 80. I've found
that
| IE and XP want me to enter the default JSP address
| as https://localhost:8080/ but even then, although I no longer get the
| password screen, I get an error page that says the page cannot be found.
|
| This is making me a bit nuts. I had no idea that it would be so much more | difficult to set it up under XP Pro than Win2K.
|
|
| Henry
|

Henry, I have Tomcat running on XP pro with no problems at all. My guess
would still be that the problem lies with running IIS as well. Have you
tried turning IIS off & running it then?
--
-P
"Sometimes I feel so goddam trapped by everything that I know"

[PerfectDayToChaseTornados]

"Henry" <gr*******@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:di**********************@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv. net...
| I found the problem. I made one mistake, and the system just plain didn't
| like something else. In the jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27\bin\catalina.bat I had
| set the JAVA_HOME variable, which is not necessary. I think this was, for
| me, a holdover from earlier versions of Tomcat, such as 3.2 and 3.3.
|
| I hadn't mentioned earlier that no instance of Tomcat actually ran- which
| was why I couldn't even point to the default Tomcat page at
| http://localhost:8080/.
|
| The last part of the puzzle was the port number. As soon as I changed it
to
| 7080 instead of 8080, the default page loaded in a blink of an eye.
| Changing back to 8080 again brings up the password/login dialog.
|
| I'm also running Oracle 9i, which installs JServ (optionally). I was just
| beginning to suspect something funny due to JServ.
|
| Maybe it was IIS after all. I'm not sure if I would have considered the
| port number so soon. I even have some documentation that recommends
| changing the default port as a normal course of operation; see
| http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html for the reference.
|
| In any case, I've got things running. Thanks for your help!
|
|
| Henry
|

Glad you got it sorted out, these things can be incredibly annoying :-)
--
-P