Thanks to some hints from others on this list, the problem turned out to be a Tomcat configuration problem. Somehow, our copy of Tomcat isn't set up quite right (I'm tracking down that problem now). I was able to get struts-example to run with no problems on a 'virgin' copy of Tomcat 3.2.1. Mark --- Mark E. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Server Engineer "The same thing that makes you live, 1704 Automation Pkwy can kill you in the end." San Jose, CA 95131 -- Neil Young Phone: 408-503-1085 Fax: 408-503-1185