I tried what you proposed and finally found out the solution: The problem occurs only when the directory is named 'jboss-4.2.1.GA'. If I rename the directory or place it somewhere else the same configuration works without any problem. Thank you for your help!! Anyway - do you have an idea what the reason of that strange behaviour might be? View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4234183#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...