How are you starting JBoss? Do you use -b option to start JBoss? And what have you specified in the jndi.properties file? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4141214#4141214 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4141214