i installed tomcat binary distributionon my linux system.i changed the localhost port to 90 & default tomcat port was 80.i followed all the instructions for installation.
but,http://localhost was showing "cannot locate server"
i changed the tomcat port to 1977,but still it was showing the same message.
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