You can use the identity object to check if the user is logged in, get the user name, etc. There is a method on identity to log out. Within your JSF page you can simply refer to #{identity.username} and in your code you can do @In Identity identity; (org.jboss.seam.security.Identity). There are many examples of how this works in the seam examples. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068025#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...