DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT <http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3725>. ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3725 Drive letter required for absolute paths under Windows Summary: Drive letter required for absolute paths under Windows Product: Tomcat 4 Version: 4.0 Release Candidate 2 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Catalina AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This works fine: <!-- Define the default virtual host --> <Host name="localhost" debug="0" unpackWARs="true" appBase="d:/public/tomcat4/webapps" > This is processed as a relative path. <!-- Define the default virtual host --> <Host name="localhost" debug="0" unpackWARs="true" appBase="/public/tomcat4/webapps" > -Ted.