Thank you for the responses. Shane, it looks like a JIRA was already opened on the subject (see my link), but I could open another if you think its best? I am using facelets and I agree it would probably not be too much trouble to roll my own solution. I've just been trying to do things the "seam" way first. I also agree that its best for the Seam team to move carefully, especially in the area of security. It just had me wondering if there wasn't a good reason for not supporting a scheme attribute and perhaps a larger issue I should be aware of. After all, its not really a seam issue, JSF doesn't support it either. Anyhow, for us, we decided to replace our login form on the home page with a link to the login form instead. Thanks for the help. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4039859#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...