Oops, I thought you were using JBoss Messaging, but you are using JBossMQ. I will assume you are using the Hypersonic database (that is the default). Look at server/default/deploy/jms/hsqldb-jdbc-state-service.xml, you will see these lines: POPULATE.TABLES.03 = INSERT INTO JMS_USERS (USERID, PASSWD, CLIENTID) VALUES ('john', 'needle', 'DurableSubscriberExample') | POPULATE.TABLES.04 = INSERT INTO JMS_USERS (USERID, PASSWD) VALUES ('nobody', 'nobody') | POPULATE.TABLES.05 = INSERT INTO JMS_USERS (USERID, PASSWD) VALUES ('dynsub', 'dynsub') | POPULATE.TABLES.06 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('guest','guest') | POPULATE.TABLES.07 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('j2ee','guest') | POPULATE.TABLES.08 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('john','guest') | POPULATE.TABLES.09 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('subscriber','john') | POPULATE.TABLES.10 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('publisher','john') | POPULATE.TABLES.11 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('publisher','dynsub') | POPULATE.TABLES.12 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('durpublisher','john') Note the line that creates the john/needle account, and the line that adds john to the durpublisher group. Add the following lines: POPULATE.TABLES.15 = INSERT INTO JMS_USERS (USERID, PASSWD) VALUES ('jmsuser', 'durable') | POPULATE.TABLES.16 = INSERT INTO JMS_ROLES (ROLEID, USERID) VALUES ('durpublisher','jmsuser') Then delete the directory server/default/data. Fianlly start the app server. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4144538#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...