creating user accounts

[jyotsana dang]

how do we create user accounts in tomcat 4.1.27?
please guide me
jyotsana

[Tom Wolve]

Hi,
try to use the Tomcat admin tool.
Start Tomcat and your browser (location: http://localhost:8080/admin), user:admin - no password).
Click on 'Users' and select 'Create New User' from the list in the upper right corner.
Hope it was helpful
Tom

[jyotsana dang]

thanks
i tried it.. but when i type http://localhost:8080/admin it gives a 404 error that the service not available
any advice?
thanks
jyotsana

[Tom Wolve]

Sounds like your Tomcat is not yet running or listening to another port.
Did you get any error messages while starting Tomcat?

[jyotsana dang]

it just gives an error page that the requested service is not available..
a http 404 error

[Tom Wolve]

Are you sure that Tomcat is running?
How did you start it?
The browser message is indicating that Tomcat is not running (at Port 8080).

[jyotsana dang]

Hi..
ya.. tomcat is giving a few problems nowadays..iam not able to start it properly..can u suggest me a web server that is a bit reliable!..
thanks
jyotsana

[Tom Wolve]

Sorry I can't.
I'm using Tomcat and it works acceptable.

[jyotsana dang]

but does the tomcat server give a problem if we have downloaded it from the net?
jyotsana

[Tom Wolve]

The one I use is a download.
If you think your one doesn't work, try to download again or try to re-install.

[William Brogden]

Kindly state your operating system and the Java SDK version you are trying to use. Tomcat has worked fine for me and a lot of other people on a variety of systems.
Bill

[jyotsana dang]

The Operating system Iam using is windows server 2000 and j2sdk1.4.2_01
thanks
jyotsana