You have <security:identity /> in your components.xml right? As Seam's Identity is not marked @Install(value=false) by putting that line in components.xml you end up creating an Identity component (which has APPLICATION precedence (as per the defaults)). So, what you in fact need to do, in components.xml, is to configure *your* Identity component rather than Seam's. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4017581#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...