Also, eliminate the DTD reference in your jboss-web.xml file, or use the correct version (ie jboss-web_4.0.dtd etc). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4027720#4027720 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4027720