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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by T <rl...@bonbon.net> on 2001/06/28 02:24:37 UTC

Re[2]: tomcat on a home machine???

Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 10:39:46 AM, you wrote:

ME> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 irvine@vuosaari.hai.fi wrote:

>> I should add that I wanted to know if it is
>> possible to install and use tomcat for test
>> purposes. That is to develop and test programs
>> at home and not make them available on the internet
>> - not at least from my home machine.
ME> [ ... ]

ME> Well then you should be able to use localhost as the machine name in
ME> the URL regardless of whether your machine is connected to the network.

if it's in the hosts file (and some versions of windows required you
to be online - yes zi know he's no using windows). But 127.0.0.1 should always
work for local loopback.



>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Charan Kishore Singla wrote:
>>
>> > yah you can, read faq file related to tomcat, all things would be clear.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <ir...@vuosaari.hai.fi>
>> > To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:38 PM
>> > Subject: tomcat on a home machine???
>> >
>> >
>> > > Hello
>> > >
>> > > I have linux installed at home and have only a
>> > > modem connecting me to the internet through a
>> > > local service provider.
>> > >
>> > > My questions are:
>> > >
>> > > Is it possible for me to install and use tomcat
>> > > without a permenant connection.
>> > >
>> > > If it is possible what files would need to be
>> > > configured to allow me to do so.
>> > >
>> > > What url would I need to call to access tomcat's
>> > > homepage.
>> > >
>> > > Apologies if this question has been asked b4.
>> > >
>> > > T:Irvine
>> >
>>

ME> Milt Epstein
ME> Research Programmer
ME> Software/Systems Development Group
ME> Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
ME> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
ME> mepstein@uiuc.edu



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