Anil, Thank you for you help.... unfortunately though I think it is not working correctly as I get a series of errors when starting my server to do with LOG4J. I think this is a known bug... it happens on a straight out the box download of jboss 4.04... which is what I am running.
The error reads: anonymous wrote : 17:46:36,875 ERROR [STDERR] log4j:ERROR A "org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler" object is not assignable to a " | rg.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler" variable. | 17:46:36,875 ERROR [STDERR] log4j:ERROR The class "org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler" was loaded by | 17:46:36,875 ERROR [STDERR] log4j:ERROR [WebappClassLoader | delegate: false | repositories: | /WEB-INF/classes/ | ----------> Parent Classloader: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ] whereas object of type | 17:46:36,875 ERROR [STDERR] log4j:ERROR "org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler" was loaded by [org.jboss.system.s | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows. | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] java.lang.ClassCastException: org.jboss.logging.appender.DailyRollingFileAppender | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.java:175) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java:150) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator.java:16 | ) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigurator.ja | a:425) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseRoot(DOMConfigurator.java:394) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:829) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:712) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:618) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:468 | | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.(LogManager.java:122) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:104) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | 17:46:36,906 ERROR [STDERR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25 and then further down it also says... anonymous wrote : 17:46:37,078 ERROR [STDERR] log4j:ERROR Could not parse url [file:/C:/jboss/server/default/conf/log4j.xml]. | 17:46:37,078 ERROR [STDERR] java.lang.NullPointerException | 17:46:37,078 ERROR [STDERR] at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:396) | 17:46:37,078 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java:151) | 17:46:37,078 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator.java:163 | ) | 17:46:37,078 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigurator.jav | a:425) | 17:46:37,093 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseRoot(DOMConfigurator.java:394) | 17:46:37,109 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:829) | 17:46:37,109 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:712) | 17:46:37,109 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:618) | 17:46:37,109 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:468) Any ideas? Cheers, Paul. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3948144#3948144 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3948144 ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list JBoss-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user