When trying to programatically deploy a war file to JBoss AS5 I have to make sure that the URL of the war being deployed passed to DeploymentManager.distribute(String, URL, DeploymentOption[]) points to a place inside $SERVER_HOME. If it does not, several things happen: 1) A correct file is created in the deployment directory of the server but it has 0 size. 2) The deployment never completes. 3) The server is still functioning properly but it is not possible to shut it down gracefully (possibly because of the stuck deployment thread?) Is this a bug or a (security) feature? View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4239140#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...