A subdirectory in "deploy" is treated as an exploded archive if its name contains a "dot" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-8957 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBAS-8957 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Affects Versions: JBossAS-5.1.0.GA Environment: Windows, Linux Reporter: Gregory Lardiere Having a "dot" character in the name of a "deploy" subfolder can cause a deployment error. Steps to reproduce : cd server/default/deploy mv jms-ra.rar messaging/ mv messaging messaging.test run.sh -c default The following exception is thrown at startup : java.lang.IllegalStateException: No ConnectorMetaData found for mdf rarName: jms-ra.rar When removing the "dot" in folder's name, the problem doesn't happen. The jmx-console shows that messaging.test is a top level deployment and jms-ra.rar is a subdeployment, just like if messaging.test was an exploded archive. The distinction between a simple folder and an exploded archive is there : org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractVFSProfileSource:258 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira