I couldn't stop the tomcat. Following is the error I am getting. I have jdk1.3.1_03 (java_home) C:\>%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\shutdown Using CATALINA_BASE: D:\tomcat4.1.18 Using CATALINA_HOME: D:\tomcat4.1.18 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: D:\tomcat4.1.18\temp Using JAVA_HOME: D:\jdk1.3.1_03 Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:350) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:137) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:124) at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:268) at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:95) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stop(Catalina.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:402) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)
The script failed to connect to Tomcat to shut it down (so it's not running in the first place). This should be posted on tomcat-user, not filed as a bug.
There is actually a bug with Tomcat 4.1.x on JDK 1.3 (maybe only on Windows). This is duplicated in Bug 17193 and Bug 19098.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17193 ***