All, When trying to run the struts example, it dies. We think here it's a lower level problem than struts, but are at a loss to figure out what. It SEEMS the Digester.getParser() dies whenever an XML file is trying to be read (the database.xml file can't be read and the action.xml file seems to have problems being read also). Tomcat is installed to the point where it CAN run servlets and JSP's successfully. I'm using it on NT in standalone mode (no apache). When Tomcat starts, here's the error. Anyone have any ideas here? Thanks. Digester.getParser: java.lang.SecurityException: sealing violation at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:234) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:297) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:286) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:313) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:120) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(SAXParserFactory.java:92) at org.apache.struts.digester.Digester.getParser(Digester.java:284) at org.apache.struts.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:748) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initMapping(ActionServlet.java:619) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:291) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.initServlet(ServletWrapper.java:315) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.loadServlet(ServletWrapper.java:276) at org.apache.tomcat.context.LoadOnStartupInterceptor.contextInit(LoadOnStartupInterceptor.java:132) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.initContext(ContextManager.java:227) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.init(ContextManager.java:201) at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java:156) at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java:163) -- Mike Campbell, R&D, Norcross, GA mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +678.421.4641