JBoss Native uses the shutdown script to stop the service. Are you able to manually launch the app server using the run script and then stop it using the shutdown script? If you cannot do this manually, then JBoss Native will not be able to do it either. Have you by any chance locked down the JMX Invoker? Also, what are the last dozen or so entries in the log file? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4088972#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...