?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right out of the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up and running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could explain: Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a Context with a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process all requests that do not match any other Context's context path." Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must be a "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems to contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In other words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation should mention that I think. Thanks very much, Tony - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have trouble loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and uncommented the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html - Original Message - From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right out of > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up and > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could explain: > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a Context with > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process all > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must be a > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems to > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In other > words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. > Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation > should mention that I think. > > Thanks very much, > > Tony > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
Well, I don't have to create pages under ROOT as you did, but that's a separate issue from what I'm asking. - Original Message - From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have trouble > loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and uncommented > the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM > Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right out > of > > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up and > > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could > explain: > > > > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a Context > with > > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the > > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process all > > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must be a > > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems to > > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > > > Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In other > > words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see > webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. > > Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation > > should mention that I think. > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
The website I sent tells you to take the comments out. - Original Message - From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:01 PM Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > Well, I don't have to create pages under ROOT as you did, but that's a > separate issue from what I'm asking. > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:50 PM > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have trouble > > loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and uncommented > > the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. > > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM > > Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > > > > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right out > > of > > > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up > and > > > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could > > explain: > > > > > > > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a Context > > with > > > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the > > > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process > all > > > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > > > > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must be > a > > > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems to > > > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > > > > > Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In > other > > > words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see > > webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. > > > Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation > > > should mention that I think. > > > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
But my point is that everything works fine even *with* the comment. THAT is what's confusing. - Original Message - From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > The website I sent tells you to take the comments out. > - Original Message - > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:01 PM > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > Well, I don't have to create pages under ROOT as you did, but that's a > > separate issue from what I'm asking. > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:50 PM > > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have > trouble > > > loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and > uncommented > > > the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. > > > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM > > > Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > > > > > > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right > out > > > of > > > > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up > > and > > > > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could > > > explain: > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a > Context > > > with > > > > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the > > > > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process > > all > > > > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > > > > > > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must > be > > a > > > > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems > to > > > > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > > > > > > > Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In > > other > > > > words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see > > > webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. > > > > Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation > > > > should mention that I think. > > > > > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
The reason has to be, then, that the startup of the webapp creates a default context on its own, because it cannot happen magically. I hope that does not sound "smart-alexey" but, rather, clear. At 08:14 PM 3/30/03 -0600, you wrote: But my point is that everything works fine even *with* the comment. THAT is what's confusing. - Original Message - From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > The website I sent tells you to take the comments out. > - Original Message - > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:01 PM > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > Well, I don't have to create pages under ROOT as you did, but that's a > > separate issue from what I'm asking. > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:50 PM > > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have > trouble > > > loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and > uncommented > > > the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. > > > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM > > > Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > > > > > > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right > out > > > of > > > > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up > > and > > > > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could > > > explain: > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a > Context > > > with > > > > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the > > > > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process > > all > > > > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > > > > > > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must > be > > a > > > > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems > to > > > > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > > > > > > > Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In > > other > > > > words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see > > > webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. > > > > Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation > > > > should mention that I think. > > > > > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LEGAL NOTICE This electronic mail transmission and any accompanying documents contain information belonging to the sender which may be confidential and legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom this electronic mail transmission was sent as indicated above. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of the information contained in this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete the message. Thank you - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
Well, it sounds like a guess... - Original Message - From: "Micael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:33 AM Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > The reason has to be, then, that the startup of the webapp creates a > default context on its own, because it cannot happen magically. I hope > that does not sound "smart-alexey" but, rather, clear. > > > > At 08:14 PM 3/30/03 -0600, you wrote: > >But my point is that everything works fine even *with* the comment. THAT is > >what's confusing. > > > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:20 PM > >Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > The website I sent tells you to take the comments out. > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:01 PM > > > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > Well, I don't have to create pages under ROOT as you did, but that's a > > > > separate issue from what I'm asking. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:50 PM > > > > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have > > > trouble > > > > > loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and > > > uncommented > > > > > the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. > > > > > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM > > > > > Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > > > > > > > > > > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right > > > out > > > > > of > > > > > > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is > >up > > > > and > > > > > > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could > > > > > explain: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a > > > Context > > > > > with > > > > > > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes > >the > > > > > > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to > >process > > > > all > > > > > > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must > > > be > > > > a > > > > > > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited > >seems > > > to > > > > > > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > > > > > > > > > > > Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In > > > > other > > > > > > words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see > > > > > webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. > > > > > >
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
No, it is not a guess. I mean "has to be". The default has to be "hardcoded" somewhere, since it is not configured and it does not happen magically. At 05:59 AM 3/31/03 -0600, you wrote: Well, it sounds like a guess... - Original Message - From: "Micael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:33 AM Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > The reason has to be, then, that the startup of the webapp creates a > default context on its own, because it cannot happen magically. I hope > that does not sound "smart-alexey" but, rather, clear. > > > > At 08:14 PM 3/30/03 -0600, you wrote: > >But my point is that everything works fine even *with* the comment. THAT is > >what's confusing. > > > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:20 PM > >Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > The website I sent tells you to take the comments out. > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:01 PM > > > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > Well, I don't have to create pages under ROOT as you did, but that's a > > > > separate issue from what I'm asking. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "Carol Carrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 3:50 PM > > > > Subject: Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Although I am really a newbie, I have the same o/s system. I have > > > trouble > > > > > loading my pages until I created them under the ROOT path and > > > uncommented > > > > > the section you are referring to. Here is a good web reference. > > > > > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > > From: "Tony LaPaso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "Tomcat User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:00 PM > > > > > Subject: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. > > > > > > > > > > > > I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right > > > out > > > > > of > > > > > > the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is > >up > > > > and > > > > > > running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could > > > > > explain: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a > > > Context > > > > > with > > > > > > a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes > >the > > > > > > default web application for this virtual host, and is used to > >process > > > > all > > > > > > requests that do not match any other Context's context path." > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must > > > be > > > > a > > > > > > "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited > >seems > > > to > > > > > > contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. > > > > > > > > > > > > Even though this is commented out everythi
Re: ?? Simple Newbie Question about Root Context ??
ROOT is sort of a "magical" directory/WAR name that Tomcat recognizes and, if present, will be treated as the no-path context whether it has a entry or not. I think one thing you need to watch out for is having th ROOT directory present when, at the same time, you use another context as the no-path context such as... webapps /ROOT /myapp in server.xml You might have to remove ROOT in order for this setup to work properly because I think Tomcat might get confused with trying to treat ROOT as the no-path context since it tries to make it the no-path context by default. However, I haven't tested this assumption. You'll have to see what works for you. Either way, I think that documentation is either wrong, misleading, or just outdated. Jake At 03:00 PM 3/30/2003 -0600, you wrote: My Tomcat skills are rusty -- I must be missing something easy here. I just installed TC v4.1.24 on Win 2k. The installation worked right out of the box. I didn't have to make any changes to the server.xml. TC is up and running but I'm seeing something strange I was hoping someone could explain: Here's a quote from the TC documentation: "...you MUST define a Context with a context path equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the default web application for this virtual host, and is used to process all requests that do not match any other Context's context path." Okay, that's fine, but when I look at conf/server.xml I see this: Why is this commented out? According to the documentation there must be a "context path equal to a zero-length string". The quote I cited seems to contradict what I'm seeing in server.xml. Even though this is commented out everything seems to work fine. In other words, if I browse to localhost:8080 I do indeed see webapps/ROOT/index.jsp. Is the docBase named "ROOT" the default? If so, then the documentation should mention that I think. Thanks very much, Tony - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]