problem with running servlets using tomcat3.2.4

[Kishore Dandu]

I have put my class file in //install_dir/webapps/Root/classes directory.
When I enter http://localhost/HelloWWW in the browser I get following error in the server dos window.
2002-07-04 14:51:09 - Ctx( ): 404 R( + /HelloWWW + null) null
Some one suggested me to edit web.xml. But according to core servlets book it is not needed for this basic servlet.
Urgent help needed.
Kishore.

[sim sim]

Hi Kishore,
The path should be
'install_dir/webapps/root/web-inf/classes'
Sim Sim

[chanoch wiggers]

also the url to the servlet if you are not going to modify the web.xml file should be
http://localhost/servlet/HelloWWW
so that tomcat knows to look for a servlet

[bernd pier]

hey chanoch
excuse my simple question,but if a want to start a servlet with http://localhost:8080/servlet/servletname
it won`t go.
when i call the servlet with
http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/servletname
yiiippeee no problems.
if the first possibility is a general way to call a servlet,i think it had to work without configure the server.xml.
and if i had to configure the server.xml, what must i configure?
you see i`m just a beginner in servlets, so i`m grateful for help.
bernd

[Kishore Dandu]

It worked.
Thanks a bunch for the suggestions. I am gonna crack this for couple of days.
Kishore.

[Bosun Bello]

Kishore, how you access your servlet depends on where you put your clases. If you access it as
http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/servletname
Then your classes must have been in TomcatDirectory\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\classes folder.