Tomcat ignoring web.xml?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Why might a Tomcat 4.0.4 installation seem to be ignoring the deployment descriptor of a web application?
This web app works perfectly on a normal installation of Tomcat 4.0.6 and 4.1, and Resin Server, and Orion Server, and others.
The problem occurs on a Tomcat 4.0.4 installation configured for use on a shared server environment. So, what might be special about such an installation that needs to be fixed? Is there a setting in Tomcat's server.xml or web.xml file that maybe is set incorrectly?
[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Dirk Schreckmann]

More specifically, the web application is friki.
The deployment descriptor is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  
<!DOCTYPE web-app
    PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
    "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
  
<web-app>
  
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>Friki</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>com.efsol.friki.FrikiServlet</servlet-class>
    
    <init-param>
     <param-name>location</param-name>
     <param-value>*TMP*</param-value>
    </init-param>
    
    <init-param>
     <param-name>dflPage</param-name>
     <param-value>FrontPage</param-value>
    </init-param>
    
  </servlet>
  
  <servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>Friki</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/view</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>Friki</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/edit</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>Friki</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/search</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>Friki</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/update</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>Friki</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/button</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
  
</web-app>

The problem would seem to be that Tomcat ignores the Servlet mappings. When browsing to myHost/friki/view, I get HTTP 404 Not Found.
[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]