Found it: -Djboss.server.base.dir=/xxx -Djboss.server.base.url=file:/xxx View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047495#4047495 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4047495