Just remembered I subscribed to the digest list. Hope this works without screwing up the list. Here is some of the output when running the admin console with debug level 9: ClassLoader: No language file for centos-admin-8.0.jar found on local disk, lang=en ClassLoader: classes.env NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: no manifest found for centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: No manifest file for centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: new LocalJarClassLoader centos-admin-8.0.jar:{centos-admin-8.0.jar } ClassLoader: Create loader centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.admserv.AdminServer ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.admserv.AdminServer ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/admserv/AdminServer.class found in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.nmclf.SuiConstants ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.nmclf.SuiConstants ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/nmclf/SuiConstants.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.client.topology.AbstractServerObject ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.client.topology.AbstractServerObject ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/client/topology/AbstractServerObject.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():resolving com.netscape.management.admserv.AdminServer ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:java.lang.Throwable ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:java.net.MalformedURLException ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:netscape.ldap.LDAPException ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:netscape.ldap.LDAPException ClassLoader: netscape/ldap/LDAPException.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.client.IFrameworkInitializer ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.client.IFrameworkInitializer ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/client/IFrameworkInitializer.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.client.IStatusItem ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.client.IStatusItem ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/client/IStatusItem.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.admserv.panel.IRestartControl ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.admserv.panel.IRestartControl ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/admserv/panel/IRestartControl.class found in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:java.lang.Object ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:java.awt.Component ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:javax.swing.JFrame ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:javax.swing.JFrame ClassLoader: javax/swing/JFrame.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:javax.swing.Icon ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:javax.swing.Icon ClassLoader: javax/swing/Icon.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.client.util.ResourceSet ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.client.util.ResourceSet ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/client/util/ResourceSet.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ResourceSet: NOT found in cache loader3753023:com.netscape.management.admserv.admserv ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/admserv/admserv_en_US.properties NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/admserv/admserv_en.properties NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/admserv/admserv.properties NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ResourceSet(): unable to open com.netscape.management.admserv.admserv ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.admserv.AdminServer$1 ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.admserv.AdminServer$1 ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/admserv/AdminServer$1.class found in centos-admin-8.0.jar ResourceSet: found in cache loader8222510:com.netscape.management.client.console.console ResourceSet: found in cache loader8222510:com.netscape.management.client.console.console ClassLoader: :loadClass():name:com.netscape.management.client.util.RemoteImage ClassLoader: :loadClass():loading:com.netscape.management.client.util.RemoteImage ClassLoader: com/netscape/management/client/util/RemoteImage.class NOT in centos-admin-8.0.jar ResourceSet:getString():Unable to resolve admin-smallIcon RemoteImage: NOT found in cache loader3753023:null RemoteImage: java.lang.NullPointerException(null) Uncaught error fetching image: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.FileImageSource.getDecoder(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.InputStreamImageSource.doFetch(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.fetchloop(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.run(Unknown Source) AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register AbstractServerObject.StatusThread: waiting for change listeners to register -Scott <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Scott Kaminski <<a href="mailto:scott.kaminski@gmail.com">scott.kaminski@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm having a problem with the Admin console and making it work properlly. I have a CentOS 5.3 machine that i recently installed and setup the Directory Server on. The rpm's i used are: fedora-ds-base-1.2.0-2.fc6 fedora-ds-admin-console-1.1.3-1.fc6 fedora-ds-console-1.2.0-1.fc6 fedora-ds-admin-1.1.7-3.fc6 fedora-ds-1.1.3-1.fc6 fedora-ds-dsgw-1.1.2-1.fc6 fedora-idm-console-1.1.3-1.fc6 I used the method that involved downloading and setting up the yum repositories. I have managed to make the directory server work and authenticate users. However i seam to have an issue with the management console. The console locks up and nolonger responds when i attempt to access the administration server box under server group. I also have a java console error indicating "java.lang.nullpointerexception". Initally i would click on directory server or administration server and just get an error indicating that some jar files are missing in /usr/share/dirsrv/html/java/ the two missing files are called centos-admin-8.0.jar and centos-ds-8.0.jar . I created some symlinks to the fedora versions of these files to correct the problem. The issue appears to be related to the administration server jar file as deleting the jar dir in my users home dir and removing the symlink to the admin jar file the error appears and the lock up goes away however i can't do any server administration. So does anyone have any solutions/suggestions to this problem? -Scott </blockquote></div>