Thanks again...I'm using: jboss-eap-4.3 I looked there: -bash-3.00$ cat jmx-console-users.properties # A sample users.properties file for use with the UsersRolesLoginModule #admin=admin -bash-3.00$ -bash-3.00$ ./shutdown.sh -S -s X.X.X.200 -u admin -p admin Exception in thread "main" java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to authenticate principal=admin, securityDomain=jmx-console at org.jboss.jmx.connector.invoker.AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(AuthenticationInterceptor.java:97) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4165158#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...