Following will fix it but needs a framework committer...
Index: framework/start/src/org/ofbiz/base/start/Start.java =================================================================== --- framework/start/src/org/ofbiz/base/start/Start.java (revision 702426) +++ framework/start/src/org/ofbiz/base/start/Start.java (working copy) @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ String adminPortStr = getProp(props, "ofbiz.admin.port", "0"); // set the admin key - String adminKey = getProp(props, "ofbiz.admin.key", "NA"); + adminKey = getProp(props, "ofbiz.admin.key", "NA"); // create the host InetAddress adminAddress = InetAddress.getByName(serverHost);