I have configured tomcat4-service.xml adding the EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX CatalinaBase attribute in this way:

...
&catalina.home;
../server/prueba/catalina

...

EAR and WAR files are deployed in the right place.
I can see the work directory under ../server/prueba/catalina. But I get an HTTP Status 404 when I want to use them.

The idea is to have tomcat in a share read-only directory. That is why I need to set CatalinaBase for each user.

Best Regards.
Jose Luis