SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.

[Jason Crest]

i keep getting this error whenever i run ./shutdown.sh in the bin direcotry of tomcat

[William Brogden]

Have you modified any xml files in Tomcat? Particularly the server.xml file?
As I recall, the shutdown process has to read server.xml in order to learn which port Tomcat is listening for the shutdown instruction on.
Bill

[Jason Crest]

ok i feel lame now, haha

my keyboard has a habbit of inserting the ` character without me pressing the key. i found it at the very beginning of the server.xml file and removed it.

it works now

thanks!