Problem with Server-Side Include (SSI)

[Nazmul Huda Sarkar]

I'm using Tomcat4.0 for my servlet engine...
But my SSI does not run....
Jasson Hunter says that "A server that supports SSI detect the <SERVLET> tag...." ..what does it mean....doesn't Tomact4.0 support SSI ? If it does whats my fault ? I'm using IE5

[Mike Curwen]

This is a configuration issue, so...

Moving from Servlets -> Apache/Tomcat

[Thomas Paul]

From the Tomcat 4.0 release notes:
Enabling SSI and CGI Support:
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Having CGI and SSI available to web applications created security problems when using a security manager (as a malicious web application could use them to sidestep the security manager access control). In Tomcat 4.0.1, they have been
disabled by default, as our goal is to provide a fully secure default configuration. However, CGI and SSI remain available in Tomcat 4.0.1.
On Windows:
* rename the file %CATALINA_HOME%\server\lib\servlets-cgi.renametojar to
%CATALINA_HOME%\server\lib\servlets-cgi.jar.
* rename the file %CATALINA_HOME%\server\lib\servlets-ssi.renametojar to
%CATALINA_HOME%\server\lib\servlets-ssi.jar.
* in %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\web.xml, uncomment the servlet declarations starting line 165 and 213, as well as the associated servlet mappings line 265 and 274. Alternately, these servlet declarations and mappings can be added to your web application deployment descriptor.
On Unix:
* rename the file $CATALINA_HOME/server/lib/servlets-cgi.renametojar to
$CATALINA_HOME/server/lib/servlets-cgi.jar.
* rename the file $CATALINA_HOME/server/lib/servlets-ssi.renametojar to
$CATALINA_HOME/server/lib/servlets-ssi.jar.
* in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml, uncomment the servlet declarations starting
line 165 and 213, as well as the associated servlet mappings
line 265 and 274. Alternately, these servlet declarations and mappings can
be added to your web application deployment descriptor.