This issue is fixed with: --- catalina.sh.orig 2007-02-13 08:04:44.000000000 -0500 +++ catalina.sh 2007-03-07 09:54:31.488965000 -0500 @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fi # Set juli LogManager if it is present -if [ -r "$CATALINA_HOME"/conf/logging.properties ]; then +if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE"/conf/logging.properties ]; then JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS "-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager" "-Djava.util.logging.config.file="$CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties" fi