Hi All, Using Linux Red Hat 7.1, Java 1.3.1, tomcat 3.2.3. JAVA installed and runs ... sample apps work fine. TOMCAT_HOME=/usr/java/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3 JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.3.1 PATH=/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/java/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3 CLASSPATH (tomcat start) /usr/java/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/ant.jar:..jasper.jar:..jaxp.jar:..parser. jar:..servlet.jar:..webserver.jar:/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/lib/tools.jar Error on tomcat start (with startup.sh or tomcat.sh start) is: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoDefClassFoundError: org/apache/tomcat/startup/Tomcat I have tried disabling the CLASSPATH variable reset in the tomcat.sh file and defining CLASSPATH in the .bash_profle (and set) and still no luck. Any help? Thanks so much. Tyson McDowell