The following also did the trick: <login-module code="MyLoginModule" flag="required"></login-module> | <login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.IdentityLoginModule" flag="optional"> | <module-option name="password-stacking">useFirstPass</module-option> | <module-option name="roles">TheRoleIWantToAdd</module-option> | </login-module> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3989397#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...