edit the $CATALINA_HOME/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml if you want the "root"
application to show an custom welcome-file

and put
<welcome-file-list>
  <welcome-file>myFile.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
to the <web-app> tag.


This works on my tomcat 5.0

Rainer
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