I have followed the tutorial at: <a href="http://www.reliablepenguin.com/legacy/projects/tomcat/">http://www.reliablepenguin.com/legacy/projects/tomcat/</a> everything seemed to work alright although i cannot see my tomcat server. when i browse to //mycomputername:8080 i get an Unable to connect error. Is there somthing in the setup that i am missing. when i look at / logs/catalina.out i do see one problem which is: Aug 1, 2006 10:24:05 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_12/jre/lib/i386/client:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_12/jre/lib/i386 But i do not think that this would cause a unable to connect error. any help would be great, thank you. Here is the output for a few commands that i have tried: [root@localhost]# /etc/tomcat5/bin/startup.sh Using CATALINA_BASE: /etc/tomcat5/ Using CATALINA_HOME: /etc/tomcat5/ Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /etc/tomcat5//temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_12 [root@localhost]# netstat -an | grep 8080 tcp 0 0 :::8080 :::* LISTEN [root@localhost]# cat /etc/tomcat5/logs/catalina.out Created MBeanServer with ID: e94e92:10ccac36df9:-8000:<a href="http://neuron.orst.edu:1"> neuron.orst.edu:1</a> Aug 1, 2006 10:24:05 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_12/jre/lib/i386/client:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_12/jre/lib/i386 Aug 1, 2006 10:24:06 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Aug 1, 2006 10:24:06 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 4221 ms Aug 1, 2006 10:24:06 AM org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabase save WARNING: User database is not persistable - no write permissions on directory Aug 1, 2006 10:24:06 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Aug 1, 2006 10:24:06 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.17 Aug 1, 2006 10:24:06 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled Aug 1, 2006 10:24:07 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/manager is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:07 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/host-manager is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized() Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized() Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/servlets-examples is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/webdav is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: org.apache.webapp.balancer.BalancerFilter: init(): ruleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.RuleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.URLStringMatchRule : Target string: News / Redirect URL: <a href="http://www.cnn.com">http://www.cnn.com</a>], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.RequestParameterRule: Target param name: paramName / Target param value: paramValue / Redirect URL: <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">http://www.yahoo.com</a>], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.AcceptEverythingRule: Redirect URL: <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org]">http://jakarta.apache.org]</a>] Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/balancer is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:08 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/tomcat-docs is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized() Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized() Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init> SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /etc/tomcat5/work/Catalina/localhost/jsp-examples is unusable. Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/48 config=null Aug 1, 2006 10:24:09 AM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource Aug 1, 2006 10:24:10 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 3562 ms Created MBeanServer with ID: 1f436f5:10ccac53480:-8000:<a href="http://neuron.orst.edu:1"> neuron.orst.edu:1</a> Aug 1, 2006 10:25:58 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent