Dave Bredesen [http://community.jboss.org/people/dbredesen] created the discussion "javax.ejb.EJBAccessException: Caller unauthorized when calling //EJB3 @Service from client code" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/546116#546116 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I'm building an application on JBoss AS 5.1 and ICEFaces.  The application runs in a single JBoss instance currently.  I'm doing authentication via JAAS, using the DatabaseServerLoginModule, and I'm able to login successfully via ICEFaces as follows: *         CallbackHandler cb = new Handler("someuser", password); * *     LoginContext lc = new LoginContext("foo", cb); * *     lc.login();* Once logged in, I can see clearly that "someuser" has the "admin" role.  Now, I have an EJB set up as follows: *     @Service * *     @Local * *     @SecurityDomain("foo") // corresponds to the security domain above * *     public class MyService implements MyServiceLocal { * *         @RolesAllowed("admin") * *         public void doSomething() { * *               // do something * *         } * *     }* I am trying to call MyBean.doSomething() from my ICEFaces client code as follows: *    InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); * *    final String name = "MyService/local"; * *         service =  (MyServiceLocal) ctx.lookup(name); * *         service.doSomething();  //* *causes EJBAccessException: Caller unauthorized* Somehow, the callee doesn't recognize that I am authenticated.  I did a bit of debugging, and the caller thinks my principal is "anonymous".  How do I get EJB to recognize my credentials which were established outside of EJB?  Do I need to pass some extra information to the InitialContext? (I tried setting Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, with no luck...).  Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Dave Bredesen -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/546116#546116] Start a new discussion in EJB 3.0 Development at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]