Woops - technically i made a mistake. I think it was actually I who put ehcache.jar into the server/default/lib folder; but that doesn't change the basis of the classloader issue I am having. I put the ehcache jar into that directory because that is where the hibernate jars are, and if i put it anywhere else hibernate could not see it. And *then* i have the problem stated above, where I cannot figure out where to put the ehcache.xml file since my apps are below it on the classloader hierarchy. Please advise! Thanks, k View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4043936#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...