"Could not validate given properties file"

[Dirk van den Brink, Jr.]

Good morning, all. I'm trying to set up WAS 3.02 on WinNT 4.0, SP6, with
zero experience in websphere, a short deadline, and many bosses breathing
down my neck. Upon attempting to start the IBM HTTP server, I recieve the
following message:

[Fri Mar 09 09:06:57 2001] [error] (2)No such file or directory: as_init
mod_app_server Error : Could not validate given properties file

I beleive the properties file it's whining about is the bootstrap.properties
file. What exaclt does it mean by "Cannot validate"? I've tracked down all
the files the properties files refers to, and they all exist. Are there
certain syntax errors I should look for? Any other "gotchas" that might be
hiding there? I can post my bootstrap.properties if needed, I just didn't
want to send an epistle on my first post to the list. Thanks in advance.

-DV

[Ken Hygh]

Dirk,
Just guessing...does the path to the properties file contain spaces? try
replacing them with the shortnames.

Ken

[Dirk van den Brink, Jr.]

No, the path to the properties file is:

NcfAppServerConfig BootFile d:\properties\bootstrap.properties

However, I've found a new problem that may be adding on to this. It appears
that thanks to my un/reinstalling the software, one of the files it refers
to is not there. Namely, asinm.dll. I cannot find the file anywhere on my
system, nor on the CD. I assume It's packed up in a .cab file, but I'm
having trouble opening the cab files to hunt for it. Even when I comment out
the line though, the message remains the same.

I'm feeling the heat from my supers, I'll most likely be calling IBM and
walking through this on the phone if I don't get an answer by mid-morning.
Thanks for asking though.

-DV

Ken Hygh <ken...@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3AAA1FCD...@nc.rr.com...

[dave]

Seeing some very, very strange things happening when running WebSphere 3.5.4,
utilizing JSP 1.1 and struts. Essentially, the following errors lead me to
believe one of two things, and
I'm hoping someone here has some input:

1) WebSphere doesn't like Struts at all.

2) There's a configuration issue between the "file" servlet (default file
serving servlet that comes with WAS 3.5) and the jsp11 (default Java Server
Pages 1.1 enabler that comes with
WAS 3.5 via Jasper) servlet.

Any input would be MOST appreciated...I'm about at my wit's end, and I'm pretty
damned close to throwing boxes out windows [chuckle]

[01.07.05 10:17:43:310 EDT] 1e2edc40 ServletInstan X Uncaught service()
exception thrown by servlet {0}: {1}
"file"
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.UncaughtServletException: Server caught unhandled
exception from servlet [jsp11]: javax.servlet.http.NoBodyResponse
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.SimpleFileServlet.doGet(SimpleFileServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.doHead(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictServletInstance.doService(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstance.service(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.invocation.CacheableInvocationContext.invoke(CacheableInvocationContext.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.SQEventListenerImp$ServiceRunnable.run(SQEventListenerImp.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.SQEventListenerImp.notifySQEvent(SQEventListenerImp.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.serverqueue.SQEventSource.notifyEvent(SQEventSource.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.serverqueue.SQWrapperEventSource$SelectRunnable.notifyService(SQWrapperEventSource.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.serverqueue.SQWrapperEventSource$SelectRunnable.run(SQWrapperEventSource.java:220)

at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.outofproc.OutOfProcThread$CtlRunnable.run(OutOfProcThread.java(Compiled
Code))
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:481)

[01.07.05 10:17:43:657 EDT] 1e2edc40 ServletInstan X Uncaught service()
exception root cause {0}: {1}
"file"
javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.http.NoBodyResponse
at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:392)

at _index_jsp_0._jspService(_index_jsp_0.java:86)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java(Compiled
Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java(Compiled Code))

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictServletInstance.doService(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServicingServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstance.service(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.SimpleFileServlet.doGet(SimpleFileServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.doHead(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictServletInstance.doService(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstance.service(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletManager.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.invocation.CacheableInvocationContext.invoke(CacheableInvocationContext.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.SQEventListenerImp$ServiceRunnable.run(SQEventListenerImp.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.SQEventListenerImp.notifySQEvent(SQEventListenerImp.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.serverqueue.SQEventSource.notifyEvent(SQEventSource.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.serverqueue.SQWrapperEventSource$SelectRunnable.notifyService(SQWrapperEventSource.java(Compiled
Code))
at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.serverqueue.SQWrapperEventSource$SelectRunnable.run(SQWrapperEventSource.java:220)

at
com.ibm.servlet.engine.oselistener.outofproc.OutOfProcThread$CtlRunnable.run(OutOfProcThread.java(Compiled
Code))
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:481)