I need to deploy my application to Websphere (WAS) 6.1. Application
uses threads for some back-groud work. When I deploy the war in WAS, I
am getting the following error:
[5/3/10 15:56:57:616 EDT] 0000008f SystemErr R JNDI data source
unavailable: javax.naming.ConfigurationException: A JNDI operation on
a “java:” name cannot be completed because the server runtime is not
able to associate the operation’s thread with any J2EE application
component. This condition can occur when the JNDI client using the
“java:” name is not executed on the thread of a server application
request. Make sure that a J2EE application does not execute JNDI
operations on “java:” names within static code blocks or in threads
created by that J2EE application. Such code does not necessarily run
on the thread of a server application request and therefore is not
supported by JNDI operations on “java:” names.; trying straight JDBC
[5/3/10 15:59:01:770 EDT] 0000008f SystemErr R Exception in thread
“Thread-121” java.lang.NullPointerException
[5/3/10 15:59:01:772 EDT] 0000008f SystemErr R at
org.jruby.ext.openssl.impl.EVP.type(EVP.java:101)
[5/3/10 15:59:01:772 EDT] 0000008f SystemErr R at
org.jruby.ext.openssl.impl.PKCS7.signatureVerify(PKCS7.java:254)
[5/3/10 15:59:01:772 EDT] 0000008f SystemErr R at
org.jruby.ext.openssl.impl.PKCS7.verify(PKCS7.java:390)
[5/3/10 15:59:01:773 EDT] 0000008f SystemErr R at
org.jruby.ext.openssl.PKCS7.verify(PKCS7.java:486)
I understand the error (for a change it is very clear from the WAS
error logs 
Looking for ideas to fix this issue.
Thanks,
-Rakesh