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(1) Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.6

• I do not know if this 10.4.6 is required, but it sure made an easy Tomcat install.

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• Drag and drop the entire Tomcat folder onto the BatChmod icon.

• Check *all* the checkboxes.

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• Navigate to the Tomcat folder (apache-tomcat-5.5.16):

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  cd ~/apache-tomcat-5.5.16

• Run the startup script:

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  ./bin/startup.sh

• You should see something like this:

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  Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/basilbourque/apache-tomcat-5.5.16 Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/basilbourque/apache-tomcat-5.5.16 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/basilbourque/apache-tomcat-5.5.16/temp Using JRE_HOME: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home

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• Add a rule to do port-forwarding from port 80 to Tomcat's default port 8080. Type this in the Terminal:

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  sudo ipfw add 100 fwd 127.0.0.1,8080 tcp from any to any 80 in

  Or use this nifty program, another GUI wrapper around the ipfw command line, Simple Port Forwarder: http://www.4dresources.com/files/

The Sharing SysPref will get cranky when you add an ipfw rule behind its back; it disables its user interface. To use the Sharing SysPref again you'll have to clear that rule, the one we added and numbered 100. To delete a rule, either read the ipfw man page, or use Simple Port Forwarder again. Quit the System Preferences program, and re-launch it to re-enable its Firewall panel.

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