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=3774>. 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=3774 Error loading web.xml on root context when specified in server.xml file on Windows Summary: Error loading web.xml on root context when specified in server.xml file on Windows Product: Tomcat 4 Version: 4.0 Final Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows NT/2K Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Catalina AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did the following.... 1. uncommented the root context line in server.xml to look like this : <!-- Tomcat Root Context --> <Context path="" docBase="ROOT" debug="0"/> 2. when I start Tomcat I get the following log entry in localhost_log : 2001-09-22 01:47:16 WebappLoader[]: Deploying class repositories to work directory C:\jbuilder5\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\work\localhost\_ 2001-09-22 01:47:16 StandardManager[]: Seeding random number generator class java.security.SecureRandom 2001-09-22 01:47:16 StandardManager[]: Seeding of random number generator has been completed 2001-09-22 01:47:17 ContextConfig[]: Missing application web.xml, using defaults only 2001-09-22 01:47:17 ContextConfig[]: Added certificates -> request attribute Valve 2001-09-22 01:47:17 StandardWrapper[:default]: Loading container servlet default 2001-09-22 01:47:17 default: init 2001-09-22 01:47:17 StandardWrapper[:invoker]: Loading container servlet invoker 2001-09-22 01:47:17 invoker: init 2001-09-22 01:47:17 StandardWrapper[:jsp]: Using Jasper classloader for servlet jsp 2001-09-22 01:47:17 jsp: init 2001-09-22 01:47:17 Internal Error: File /WEB-INF/web.xml not found Note that this problem seems to be specific to Windows, I don't have the problem on Linux... The filesystem in Windows 2000 is NTFS.
