Under jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/< serverName>/deployers/jbossweb.deployer you will find a web.xml which by default has set the "listings" attribute to false. Change it to set that value to true to allow directory listing: | <init-param> | <param-name>listings</param-name> | <param-value>true</param-value> | </init-param> View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4243171#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...