I received the same error and to get past it I added one more module option: <module-option name="defaultRole">Authenticated</module-option> Following the change I was able to log in with a user stored in LDAP and I did not have to create an Authenticated role in my LDAP. However, two portlets on the default page threw exceptions: An internal error occured while rendering window 'default.default.HelloWorldPortletWindow:HelloWorldPortletWindow' java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No null portlet accepted An internal error occured while rendering window 'default.default.Hello:Hello' java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No null portlet accepted And one portlet on the Test page failed: Cannot render Object not found PreferencesPortletInstance Downloaded Package (JBoss Portal + JBoss AS 2.4-CR2) Fedora Directory Server Oracle 10.1.0 (portal database) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3961375#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...