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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Wendy Smoak <We...@asu.edu> on 2003/01/29 19:17:59 UTC

Tomcat and ~user mapping

SRV.9.1 of Servlet Spec 2.3 says:

"A web application is rooted at a specific path within a web server.  ... A
servlet container can establish rules for automatic generation of web
applications.  For example, a ~user mapping could be used to map a web
application based at /home/user/public_html/."

I note that this is a "can" and not a "must".  Does any version of Tomcat
support this?

Specifically, the request is to have a bunch of students with webapps in
their home directories and have Tomcat be able to "see" the webapps and
execute them.

Thanks,

-- 
Wendy Smoak
Applications Systems Analyst, Sr.
Arizona State University PA Information Resources Management