JForum fails with explicit servlet context mapping

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JForum has a bug with respect to non-default servlet context mappings. The servlet runs correctly when used via "auto-context" mode (dropping zip straight into webapps directory) but fails when mapped manually via a tomcat Context declaration in server.xml as follows:


<Context docBase="E:\Antranig\ponder.org\JForum-2.1.6" path="/rsf/forums">
</Context>


The mapping works just long enough to allow the installer to finish, but fails when the app proper starts up.

(tested in a huge variety of JVMs and Tomcats - a variant of this problem may be what is preventing Tomcat 5.5.16 working)
[originally posted on jforum.net by Bosmon]

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I have the same problem !

Is there something we can change in the configuration to solve this ?
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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No, there isn't. You guys will have to use a single context path.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Damn,

the problem is that it isn't posssible on the production environment.
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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JForum will not work using /path1/path2 because it's main URL parser does some assumptions about the uri.

We could try to implement a way of this to work, for only for a future release.

If you want that, please make a new feature request, at http://www.jforum.net/jira

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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I created this issue, but you marked it as "Won't Fix"! This doesn't seem very civil to me.

http://www.jforum.net/jira/browse/JF-504
[originally posted on jforum.net by Bosmon]

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Ops, sorry.

I reopened it now.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]