If you just want to type in http://ip:8080 instead of http://ip:8080/alfresco cd /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/ mkdir ROOT $EDITOR ROOT/index.jsp
put this in the file <% response.sendRedirect("/alfresco"); %>
you're done. no need to restart or anything
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Changing_Default_Port_Configuration
I still haven't gotten share to work, but alfresco itself is running on the new port.
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/ssl-howto.html
Seems to have some issues, specifically with OpenOffice. Works with Firefox and MS Word