Hi,

In the admin guide, it is mentioned under "Paths" section :

"
JBoss AS 7 automatically provides a number of standard paths without any need for the user to configure them in a configuration file:

    jboss.home - the root directory of the JBoss AS distribution
    user.home - user's home directory
    user.dir - user's current working directory
    java.home - java installation directory
    jboss.server.base.dir - root directory for an individual server instance
    jboss.server.data.dir - directory the server will use for persistent data file storage
    jboss.server.log.dir - directory the server will use for log file storage
    jboss.server.tmp.dir - directory the server will use for temporary file storage
    jboss.domain.servers.dir - directory under which a host controller will create the working area for individual server instances (managed domain mode only)

Users can add their own paths or override all except the first 5 of the above by adding a <path/> element to their configuration file.

"

which means I should be able to override "jboss.server.log.dir" and when I do that in "standalone_preview.xml" :

<paths>
        <path name="jboss.server.log.dir" value="C:\\vkk\\as7log"/>
    </paths>

 I get the following error :

"
12:40:50,355 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService$1.run(AbstractControllerService.java:89)
12:40:50,356 ERROR [stderr]     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
12:40:50,357 ERROR [stderr] Caused by: org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.ConfigurationPersistenceException: Failed to parse configuration
12:40:50,357 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.XmlConfigurationPersister.load(XmlConfigurationPersister.java:115)
12:40:50,358 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService.boot(AbstractControllerService.java:104)
12:40:50,359 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.server.ServerService.boot(ServerService.java:193)
12:40:50,360 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService$1.run(AbstractControllerService.java:83)
12:40:50,361 ERROR [stderr]     ... 1 more
12:40:50,362 ERROR [stderr] Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[55,3]
12:40:50,363 ERROR [stderr] Message: jboss.server.log.dir is reserved
12:40:50,364 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.CommonXml.parsePath(CommonXml.java:999)
12:40:50,365 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.CommonXml.parsePaths(CommonXml.java:370)
12:40:50,365 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.StandaloneXml.readServerElement(StandaloneXml.java:154)
12:40:50,366 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.StandaloneXml.readElement(StandaloneXml.java:91)
12:40:50,367 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.StandaloneXml.readElement(StandaloneXml.java:79)
12:40:50,367 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.staxmapper.XMLMapperImpl.processNested(XMLMapperImpl.java:100)
12:40:50,368 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.staxmapper.XMLMapperImpl.parseDocument(XMLMapperImpl.java:59)
12:40:50,369 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.XmlConfigurationPersister.load(XmlConfigurationPersister.java:107)
12:40:50,370 ERROR [stderr]     ... 4 more

I was wondering, if the doc is wrong or I am doing something wrong.

Thx

Vimal