I'm getting the exception below when I try to authenticate the default login form. Here's the methodology I used for this test: I did the following test on two parallel systems--1 using Seam 1.2/JBoss 4.0.5.GA and 1 using Seam 1.3A/JBoss 4.2.0.GA. The process steps followed were identical in both instances. Both tests were done on out-of-the-box default installations/configurations of both Seam and JBoss. No code, html, configuration, or other artifact outside what seam-gen creates was added to either test. 1) seam setup to configure the project. Provided path to JBoss, project name, and db info (provided even though I'm not using db for this test) 2) seam new-project to generate new project files 3) Import generated files into JBoss IDE/Eclipse as a new project. Confirmed from build.properities that each was pointed at the correct JBoss instance. 4) Clean build, deploy, and start server On both of these tests I can start the app w/o problems. I go to the login page and enter anything for username/pwd and submit the form. On the Seam 1.2 test I get what I expected: authenticated entry to the application w/no errors. The Seam 1.3 test says my login failed and coughs out the exception below. I didn't touch any of the generated configuration, but did confirm that the 'authenticator' definition in components.xml generated properly: | <security:identity authenticate-method="#{authenticator.authenticate}" | security-rules="#{securityRules}"/> | Any ideas appreciated! Thanks, Greg | 10:47:37,436 ERROR [SeamLoginModule] Error invoking login method | javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Target Unreachable, identifier 'authenticator' resolved to null | at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.getTarget(AstValue.java:38) | at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:95) | at org.jboss.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276) | at org.jboss.seam.core.Expressions$2.invoke(Expressions.java:157) | at org.jboss.seam.security.jaas.SeamLoginModule.login(SeamLoginModule.java:104) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) | at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(Unknown Source) | at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(Unknown Source) | at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$5.run(Unknown Source) | at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) | at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokeCreatorPriv(Unknown Source) | at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.seam.security.Identity.authenticate(Identity.java:322) | at org.jboss.seam.security.Identity.authenticate(Identity.java:315) | at org.jboss.seam.security.Identity.login(Identity.java:231) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtil.java:325) | at org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtil.java:338) | at org.jboss.el.parser.AstPropertySuffix.invoke(AstPropertySuffix.java:58) | at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:96) | at org.jboss.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276) | at com.sun.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:68) | at javax.faces.component.MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.invoke(MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.java:77) | at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:91) | at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:383) | at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:180) | at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:158) | at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.processApplication(AjaxViewRoot.java:346) | at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:97) | at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251) | at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:117) | at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:244) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:70) | at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:60) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:56) | at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:47) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:56) | at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:81) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:56) | at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:293) | at org.jboss.seam.web.AbstractAjax4jsfFilter.doFilter(AbstractAjax4jsfFilter.java:35) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:56) | at org.jboss.seam.debug.hot.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:64) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:56) | at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:127) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) | at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:127) | at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:277) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179) | at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) | at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:156) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) | at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:241) | at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) | at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:580) | at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447) | at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4055375#... 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