[jboss-as7-dev] Missing 404 for non-existent web app context?

[Jason T. Greene]

On 4/15/11 11:19 AM, Remy Maucherat wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 18:13 +0200, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>> Am 15.04.2011 um 11:27 schrieb Max Rydahl Andersen:
>>>> But what is different about AS 7's errors and other 404's ?
>>>
>>> AS7 may only sent the http code 404 without any actual page content,
>>> while other sites also send a small http snippet that says "404".
>>
>> ah got it - I guess this coincide with the "missing" ROOT.war which "missing status" also makes
>> it very hard for newbie users to know if they actually have a running AS since it just returns a blank boring page.
>>
>
> Yes, but we now have two HTTP ports. It may be better to place a welcome
> page on the management port (9990). This would also avoid the security
> problem that can be created by default deployments.
>

Hmm thats a good idea.


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Jason T. Greene
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