Just installed jboss-4.0.4 on suse linux(which i am new to) as the root user. I am able to run the server as root without error, but when i try to run as a non-root user or from within eclipse i get the following error.

ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not make local copy for file:/usr/local/jboss-4.0.4/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.io.File.checkAndCreate(File.java:1345)
at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:1434)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.makeLocalCopy(MainDeployer.java:1167)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:840)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:798)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:771)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:755)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:464)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
19:38:05,045 ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not initialise deployment: file:/usr/local/jboss-4.0.4/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Failed to find META-INF/jboss-service.xml for archive jboss-service.xml
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.parseDocument(SARDeployer.java:616)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.init(SARDeployer.java:181)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:861)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:798)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:771)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:755)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:464)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Failed to boot JBoss:
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Failed to find META-INF/jboss-service.xml for archive jboss-service.xml
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.parseDocument(SARDeployer.java:616)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.init(SARDeployer.java:181)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:861)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:798)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:771)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:755)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:464)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
19:38:05,062 INFO [Server] Runtime shutdown hook called, forceHalt: true

I have even changed the permission's on jboss-service.xml to a+rwx so i dont think there is a problem there.
Any Help appreciated