I am using JBoss AS 4.0.5

Under normal conditions my JBoss server makes the jbossweb-tomcat55.sar/ROOT.war directory available for static content. However as soon as I deploy an ear with a virtual host configuration I am unable to access this directory.

I've tried changing the name attribute of the host element inside the jbossweb-tomcat55.sar/server.xml file to reflect the hostname (as opposed to localhost) with no success.

<Server>


 <SNIP>

 <Engine name="jboss.web" defaultHost="www.mydomain.com">


 <Host name="www.mydomain.com"

 autoDeploy="false" deployOnStartup="false" deployXML="false"

 configClass="org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.config.JBossContextConfig"

 >



 </Host>



 </Engine>



 </Service>



</Server>

I think this behavior has changed from previous versions of JBoss? Could anyone direct me to directions for preventing virtual hosting from breaking the default ROOT.war behavior?