"michaelchan" wrote : Thank you all for the reply. | | Actually, i have attempted a workaround solution but with no success. My approach is as follow: | | Use portlet admin mode in JBoss portal, and enable the admin mode for uncheck user role. | | It is possible to hide the admin mode from all users apart from admin, to do it, just simply hide all portlet decorations by using empty renderer or write a custom empty renderer. | hiding != securing "michaelchan" wrote : | However, even with admin mode, uncheck users could not change the perferences, this is because all perferences are set to read-only if the user role is uncheck. I tried specifying read-only to false in portlet.xml, but still not success. | I don't understand "michaelchan" wrote : So julien do you mean that I could use EDIT_DEFAULT mode with JSF portlet bridge?? Anyway, i will give that a go. No, he was talking about the JSF admin portlet. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4164019#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...