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1. Unzip or untar (be careful to use GNU tar) the file containing the administration web app files (eg. apache-tomcat-5.5.17-admin.zip) to a temporary directory, eg. c:\temp.
   
   
2. Copy c:\temp\apache-tomcat-5.5.17\conf\Catalina\localhost\admin.xml to the directory c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\conf\Catalina\localhost.
   
3. Copy the entire directory tree c:\temp\apache-tomcat-5.5.17\server\webapps\admin to the directory c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\server\webapps.
   
4. Add a line to your c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\conf\tomcat-users.xml file so that you have a user who has admin role. For example, add this line just before the last line (containing </tomcat-users>) of the file:
   <user username="admin" password="makesomethingup" roles="admin,manager"/>
   
5. Restart Tomcat.
   
6. Now when you visit _http://localhost:8080/admin_ you should see a page that asks for a user name and password. If you still see the "no longer loaded" error message in your browser, you must either force a full reload of the web page (in Firefox, hold down Shift key while clicking on the Reload button) or just restart your browser completely.
   

How do I get Tomcat automatic startet as a Linux daemon?

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