"-Djava.endorsed.dirs=" Location/Configuration

[Chad La Joie]

Okay, well hopefully some one that works with Tomcat will do so.

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Mosior, Benjamin <BEMosior at ship.edu> wrote:
> Ok, then this page may need to be updated/corrected: https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPApacheTomcatPrepare
> "Note: Tomcat 6 has removed automatic inclusion of the endorsed directory so you have to add it by adjusting the -Djava.endorsed.dirs= parameter of your launch scripts."
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> Benjamin Mosior
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> Subject: Re: "-Djava.endorsed.dirs=" Location/Configuration
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> If I recall what Tomcat removed was the directory itself from the distribution but would still load files from there if you created the directory and added files.
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> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Mosior, Benjamin <BEMosior at ship.edu> wrote:
>> Unless I'm mistaken, the $TOMCAT_HOME/endorsed directory should be the default value, so no additional adjustment would need to be made outside of creating the endorsed directory itself.
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>> "Tomcat utilizes this mechanism by including the system property setting -Djava.endorsed.dirs=$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS in the command line that starts the container. The default value of this option is $CATALINA_HOME/endorsed. This endorsed directory is not created by default."
>> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html
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>> The docs mentioned say that Tomcat 6 removes automatic inclusion of the endorsed directory. I just checked 6.0.35, and that does not appear to be the case. Could someone else verify?
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>>
>> Benjamin Mosior
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:users-bounces at shibboleth.net] On Behalf Of Ordona, Kenneth C
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:44 PM
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>> Subject: "-Djava.endorsed.dirs=" Location/Configuration
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>> My question is regarding the adjustment of -Djava.endorsed.dirs= so that it includes the endorsed directory in TOMCAT_HOME/.
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>> Basically, I was wondering which .bat I would find this variable in my Tomcat6 directory(setclasspath.bat?) and what I should change it to. I'm guessing "TOMCAT_HOME/endorsed", but wouldn't that cause problems if the variable has already been set?
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>> I'm following this guide if this helps:
>> https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPApacheTomcatPr
>> epare
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>> Thank you all for your help,
>> Ken Ordona
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