Specify a <run-as> in the ejb-jar.xml for the Message Driven Bean. Check the ejb-jar.xml's dtd, for more details: http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd <!-- | The run-as element specifies the run-as identity to be used for the | execution of the enterprise bean. It contains an optional description, and | the name of a security role. | | Used in: security-identity | --> | <!ELEMENT run-as (description?, role-name)> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3980432#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...