Hi, I am getting the same error. I have downloaded the latest version (jasperserver-3.1-bin.zip). Although I have changed the username in the context.xml file I am curious why is it still trying to connect with "root" user. I have also changed the root password to "password", but it didn't work. I can connect to MySQL using the "root" and also the new "jasperdb" account, even from remote computers. It is obvious that this is a connection problem, but why the system ignores the username and password set in the "context.xml" file ?