The sun-appserv-admin task doesn't support

Question

Help! - this is driving me nuts! I am trying to build the bookstore example and get this error on asant steps that involve the admin-command-common target (such as "asant deploy-war").
I am running Studio Creator with SunAppServer8 under it. The command looks right. If I remove the passwordfile line from the admin-command-common target, I get the same error on another attribute in the command.
The password file exists where it should and contains valid information, including the correct password.
I have run this same bookstore example build on another workstation and it worked, but on that box, there was an instance of SunAppserver 7 (not under Studio Creator). That build was successful so I assume this is a configuration issue, but I don't know what it is. I am attaching the error and the listprops. If anyone knows what is wrong I sure would appreciate your help
Thanks!
Robert Hill
C:\j2eetutorial14\examples\web\bookstore1>asant deploy-war
Buildfile: build.xml
deploy-war:
admin_command_common:
[echo] Doing admin task deploy bookstore1.war
BUILD FAILED
file:C:/j2eetutorial14/examples/common/targets.xml:36: The <sun-appserv-admin> t
ask doesn't support the "passwordfile" attribute.
Total time: 1 second
C:\j2eetutorial14\examples\web\bookstore1>
C:\j2eetutorial14\examples\web\bookstore>asant listprops
Buildfile: build.xml
listprops:
[echo] Path information
[echo] j2ee.home = C:/Sun/Creator/SunAppServer8
[echo] j2ee.tutorial.home = C:/j2eetutorial14
[echo] j2ee.home = C:/Sun/Creator/SunAppServer8
[echo] env.Path = .;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Common Fil
es\Adaptec Shared\System;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\;c:
\j2sdk1.4.2_06\bin;C:\Sun\Creator\SunAppServer8\bin;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06
[echo] env.PATH = ${env.PATH}
[echo] Classpath information
[echo] classpath = C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06
[echo] Admin information
[echo] admin.password =
[echo] admin.password.file = C:/j2eetutorial14/examples/common/admin-passwo
rd.txt
[echo] admin.host = localhost
[echo] admin.user = admin
[echo] admin.port = 14848
[echo] https.port = 18181
[echo] Domain information
[echo] domain.resources = "domain.resources"
[echo] domain.resources.port = 18080
[echo] Database information
[echo] db.root = C:/Sun/Creator/SunAppServer8/pointbase
[echo] db.driver = com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver
[echo] db.host = localhost
[echo] db.port = 19092
[echo] db.sid = sun-appserv-samples
[echo] db.url = jdbc:pointbase:server://localhost:19092/sun-appserv-samples
[echo] db.user = pbpublic
[echo] db.pwd = pbpublic
[echo] url.prop = DatabaseName
[echo] ds.class = com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcDataSource
[echo] db.jvmargs = -ms16m -mx32m
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 second
C:\j2eetutorial14\examples\web\bookstore>
clipped from targets.xml
<target name="admin_command_common">
<echo message="Doing admin task ${admin.command}"/>
<sun-appserv-admin
command="${admin.command}"
user="${admin.user}"
passwordfile="${admin.password.file}"
host="${admin.host}"
port="${admin.port}"
asinstalldir="${j2ee.home}" />
</target>

Answer 1

Dude!
Try this.
change that target I was talkin about to
<target name="admin_command_common">
     <property file="${j2ee.home}/j2eetutorial14/examples/common/admin-password.txt"/>
<echo message="Doing admin task ${admin.command} with password"/>
<sun-appserv-admin
command="${admin.command}"
user="${admin.user}"
password="${AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
host="${admin.host}"
port="${admin.port}"
/>
</target>
Reason?
well, the blinkin 'asinstalldir' attrib is ... optional!
The build succeeds and deploys the war.
C:\java\Sun\Appserver\j2eetutorial14\examples\web\bookstore1>asant deploy-war
Buildfile: build.xml
deploy-war:
admin_command_common:
[echo] Doing admin task deploy bookstore1.war with password
[sun-appserv-admin] Executing: deploy port 4848 host localhost --password ad
min123 --user admin bookstore1.war
[sun-appserv-admin] Command deploy executed successfully.
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 7 seconds