iPlanet Web Server and Servlet Error Output

[karkclent]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to show Standard Output and Standard Error Output for servlets in Solaris 8 and iPlanet WS 6.0 SP4?

I've looked through Sun's docs and they mention in the Programmer's Guide to Servlets that:

"When iPlanet Web Server is started in the background, which it is by default, the System.out and System.err output of servlets are not sent to the web server's error log, because servlets are external to iPlanet Web Server.

On Unix, you can modify your server_root/https-server_id/start file to run iPlanet Web Server in the foreground or to redirect servlet output. First enter the following command from the server_root/https-server_id directory:

./start -shell

This command puts you in the server_root/bin/https/bin directory. Then enter the following command:

./ns-httpd -d server_root/https-server_id/config"

Has anyone successfuly done this from a remote term session? Or does this only work at a physical console?

The release notes for Service Pack 5 specify that this was addressed by the addition of new magnus.conf directives. The only problem is WHERE the HECK do you download SP5??? Can't find it anywhere on Sun's site and I'm rapidly losing hair due to excessive pulling. >

Any ideas?

Thanks
Jericho