I'm running integration tests from outside of the JBoss AS and am using the "jndi.properties" file to access the context. I'm unable to ever get the connection because it seems there's a problem parsing the java.naming.provider.url value. I've tried many different values that i've found on the net. if i use "jnp://localhost:1099": anonymous wrote : javax.naming.CommunicationException: Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: "jnp://localhost:1099" and discovery failed with error: javax.naming.CommunicationException: Receive timed out [Root exception is java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out] [Root exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server "jnp:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server "jnp:1099 [Root exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: "jnp: "jnp]]] | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1414) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:594) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:587) | at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source) | at com.gestalt.gccsa.fp.adhoc.db.objectmanager.ws.FunctGroupObjectManager.getConnection(FunctGroupObjectManager.java:866) | at com.gestalt.gccsa.fp.adhoc.db.objectmanager.ws.FunctGroupObjectManager.saveFunctGroupVersionObject(FunctGroupObjectManager.java:305) | at com.gestalt.gccsa.fp.adhoc.db.objectmanager.ws.SqlQueryManagerTest.(SqlQueryManagerTest.java:34) | at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) | at junit.framework.TestSuite.createTest(TestSuite.java:56) | at junit.framework.TestSuite.addTestMethod(TestSuite.java:279) | at junit.framework.TestSuite.(TestSuite.java:142) | at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnitTestSet.constructTestObject(JUnitTestSet.java:148) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit.JUnitTestSet.getTestCount(JUnitTestSet.java:244) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.suite.AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.locateTestSets(AbstractDirectoryTestSuite.java:101) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.createSuiteFromDefinition(Surefire.java:147) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:108) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:225) | at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooter.main(SurefireBooter.java:747) | Caused by: javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server "jnp:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server "jnp:1099 [Root exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: "jnp: "jnp]] | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:269) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1385) | ... 28 more | Caused by: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server "jnp:1099 [Root exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: "jnp: "jnp] | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:243) | ... 29 more | Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: "jnp: "jnp | at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(Unknown Source) | at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(Unknown Source) | at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(Unknown Source) | at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(Unknown Source) | at org.jnp.interfaces.TimedSocketFactory.createSocket(TimedSocketFactory.java:76) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:239) what happend to the url for it to print this: [Root exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: "jnp: "jnp] ??? I can list all the other values i've tried and their corresponding results, but that would take more time than i have right now. Before i go to all that trouble, are there any known problems with this? Is there something i'm missing? jndi.properties java.naming.factory.initial=org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory java.naming.provider.url=jnp://localhost:1099 java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3967946#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...