I started the server using sudo /etc/init.d/jboss start. It showed a message server started. Then tried stoping using /etc/init.d/jboss stop. Thatz when i got the exception. Even i tried ./shutdown.sh - S and still got the same exception. Also when i tried opening the jms-console it says page not found. servername:8080/jmx-console is the link i tried. version 2.6.9-55.ELsmp unix version redhat relese 4, View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4166493#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...