i had a similar problem, you probably have extended the UsersRolesLoginModule class that is wrote to use a properties file to get the users and their roles. If you want to continue to use that class you have to reimplements tow more methods like this: @Override protected Properties createRoles(Map arg0) throws IOException { // needed to bypass properties file check return new Properties(); } @Override protected Properties createUsers(Map arg0) throws IOException { // needed to bypass properties file check return new Properties(); } for me that solved all the problems :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4089172#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...